diff --git a/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py b/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
index ce8a68817a..4a3145014c 100755
--- a/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
+++ b/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #
diff --git a/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py.txt b/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py.txt
index 21183f863a..a8011f5df2 100644
--- a/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py.txt
+++ b/build/boilerplate/boilerplate.py.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Copyright YEAR Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #