diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/macaddress.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/macaddress.py
index 5005fa8..02c90db 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/macaddress.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/macaddress.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/tests/test_vpp_serializer.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/tests/test_vpp_serializer.py
index 5221034..5d6993f 100755
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/tests/test_vpp_serializer.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/tests/test_vpp_serializer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import unittest
 from vpp_papi.vpp_serializer import VPPType, VPPEnumType
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index 9c0fa2d..05688ce 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
index aa57613..1375f11 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_stats.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 from cffi import FFI