diff --git a/setup/mac/source_distribution/requirements-test-only.txt b/setup/mac/source_distribution/requirements-test-only.txt
index 2402931e4ce9..d93dccfb4520 100644
--- a/setup/mac/source_distribution/requirements-test-only.txt
+++ b/setup/mac/source_distribution/requirements-test-only.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 flask
-jupyter
 six
 u-msgpack-python
 websockets
diff --git a/tools/jupyter/test/jupyter_notebook_test.py b/tools/jupyter/test/jupyter_notebook_test.py
index 96c616b12036..4f49583e544e 100644
--- a/tools/jupyter/test/jupyter_notebook_test.py
+++ b/tools/jupyter/test/jupyter_notebook_test.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 
 class TestJupyterNotebook(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_help(self):
         """Ensures that `jupyter notebook` is installed (#12042)."""
-        status = subprocess.call(args=["jupyter", "notebook", "--help"])
+        status = subprocess.call(
+            args=[sys.executable, "-m", "notebook", "--help"])
         self.assertEqual(status, 0)