diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index fbbbb71876..a38b880493 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ stages:
               test: osx/10.11
             - name: macOS 10.15
               test: macos/10.15
+            - name: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
             - name: RHEL 7.8
               test: rhel/7.8
             - name: RHEL 8.2
@@ -164,8 +166,8 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.10/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: OS X 10.11
-              test: osx/10.11
+            - name: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
             - name: RHEL 8.2
               test: rhel/8.2
             - name: FreeBSD 12.1
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/filter_jc/runme.sh b/tests/integration/targets/filter_jc/runme.sh
index 17c5beca9d..d233385dad 100755
--- a/tests/integration/targets/filter_jc/runme.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/filter_jc/runme.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+export ANSIBLE_TEST_PREFER_VENV=1  # see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73000#issuecomment-757012395; can be removed once Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 support has been dropped
 source virtualenv.sh
 
 # Requirements have to be installed prior to running ansible-playbook
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/filter_json_query/runme.sh b/tests/integration/targets/filter_json_query/runme.sh
index a0db5e5400..d32116cc25 100755
--- a/tests/integration/targets/filter_json_query/runme.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/filter_json_query/runme.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+export ANSIBLE_TEST_PREFER_VENV=1  # see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73000#issuecomment-757012395; can be removed once Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 support has been dropped
 source virtualenv.sh
 
 # Requirements have to be installed prior to running ansible-playbook