diff --git a/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py b/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
index ea37e8ab6f..4d4fd96ad7 100755
--- a/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
+++ b/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the