diff --git a/cmake.changes b/cmake.changes
index a608921..9b994fa 100644
--- a/cmake.changes
+++ b/cmake.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 12 22:59:30 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- modify shebang to the actual python interpreter on install 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 19 07:20:35 UTC 2023 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/cmake.spec b/cmake.spec
index 92cad8f..315da1d 100644
--- a/cmake.spec
+++ b/cmake.spec
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ install -m644 %{SOURCE1} -D %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.cmake
 # RPM auto provides
 install -p -m0644 -D %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_fileattrsdir}/cmake.attr
 install -p -m0755 -D %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/cmake.prov
+sed -i -e "1s@#!.*python.*@#!$(realpath /usr/bin/python3)@" %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/cmake.prov
 
 # fix: W: files-duplicate  (%%license covers already)
 rm %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/cmake/Copyright.txt