diff --git a/tools/strip_hashes.py b/tools/strip_hashes.py
index 988e72eb8..4a4fa3aca 100755
--- a/tools/strip_hashes.py
+++ b/tools/strip_hashes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Removes hash information from requirement files passed to it as file path
 arguments or simply piped to stdin."""