Why is a different version of python created in the virtualenv?

Question

Python

There is an operating version of Linux Mint, Python3.8 I
open a terminal, create a virtual environment using the command:
>> python3 -m venv venv
I open a project with VS code, virtual venv starts up and there the Python version is 3.9.9
Is this some kind of bug?

Answer 1

python3 is a link to the system python, but you just need to explicitly specify the python version when creating venv