diff --git a/src/gitversion/getversion.py b/src/gitversion/getversion.py
index 98e94028..d0b79706 100755
--- a/src/gitversion/getversion.py
+++ b/src/gitversion/getversion.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import versioneer
 
diff --git a/src/gitversion/setup.py b/src/gitversion/setup.py
index 88bbe516..05e90b2b 100644
--- a/src/gitversion/setup.py
+++ b/src/gitversion/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from setuptools import setup
 import versioneer