diff --git a/hooks/terraform_validate.py b/hooks/terraform_validate.py
index 60fbb50e8b86917c606fc24888669738c367614c..5107b5e3496b712d7f799493e30764202ca096fc 100644
--- a/hooks/terraform_validate.py
+++ b/hooks/terraform_validate.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument("file", nargs="+", type=pathlib.Path)
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    hooks.utils.check_executable("terraform")
+    hooks.utils.check_executable(TF_CLI)
     os.putenv("TF_INPUT", "0")
     os.putenv("TF_IN_AUTOMATION", "1")
     return hooks.utils.bulk_check(