diff --git a/clibcni.spec b/clibcni.spec
index c70c035731d1ca89092debb9fd22fe6e0e64a219..ca8f5f60a1f255598987ddca51f83520384addf7 100644
--- a/clibcni.spec
+++ b/clibcni.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: yajl yajl-devel
-BuildRequires: python2
+BuildRequires: python3
 
 Requires:      yajl
 
diff --git a/cmake/checker.cmake b/cmake/checker.cmake
index dfbb486ca69cc2ff7df10d0830787decc55f0b90..cd03607a4a755e0636100468666529bd9d712672 100644
--- a/cmake/checker.cmake
+++ b/cmake/checker.cmake
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 endmacro()
 
-#check python
-find_program(CMD_PYTHON python)
-_CHECK(CMD_PYTHON "CMD_PYTHON-NOTFOUND" "python")
+#check python3
+find_program(CMD_PYTHON python3)
+_CHECK(CMD_PYTHON "CMD_PYTHON-NOTFOUND" "python3")
 
 # check libyajl
 pkg_check_modules(PC_LIBYAJL REQUIRED "yajl>=2")
diff --git a/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt b/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
index beb7a6196a9b22523ccec95d48f12baac79b91a9..255034c8aa258d056099d66663412e323b62db00 100644
--- a/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(cmdpath python)
+set(cmdpath python3)
 set(pysrcpath ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/generate.py)
 set(schemapath ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/schema)
 set(outputpath ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/json)