diff --git a/semantik.changes b/semantik.changes
index 26c4a2f..f1cb5b1 100644
--- a/semantik.changes
+++ b/semantik.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 18 15:30:06 UTC 2023 - Max Lin <mlin@suse.com>
+
+- Use python3 as the script interpreter in wscript file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  2 13:46:04 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/semantik.spec b/semantik.spec
index 3870840..4fb474e 100644
--- a/semantik.spec
+++ b/semantik.spec
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ chmod a+rx %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/semantik/templates/waf
 chmod a+rx %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/semantik/filters/*.py
 chmod a+rx %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/semantik/sembind.py
 
+# fix the script interpreter
+sed -i -e 's|#! /usr/bin/python|#!/usr/bin/python3|' %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/semantik/templates/pdflatex/wscript
+sed -i -e 's|#! /usr/bin/python|#!/usr/bin/python3|' %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/semantik/templates/beamer/wscript
+
 # install man page
 install -D -m644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1