diff --git a/tools/git_utils.py b/tools/git_utils.py
index 9d9c6bd..1e3e7c5 100644
--- a/tools/git_utils.py
+++ b/tools/git_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) 2019, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
 # for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 # BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.