diff --git a/mpiP.changes b/mpiP.changes
index 97c31f8..18fde37 100644
--- a/mpiP.changes
+++ b/mpiP.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 24 06:45:37 UTC 2022 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Use Python 3 instead of Python 2 to build.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 17 08:09:09 UTC 2022 - Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mpiP.spec b/mpiP.spec
index 9f22edc..fa2a2ce 100644
--- a/mpiP.spec
+++ b/mpiP.spec
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ BuildRequires:  binutils-devel
 BuildRequires:  dejagnu
 BuildRequires:  libunwind-devel
 BuildRequires:  lua-lmod
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python3
 #BuildRequires:  slurm-node
 BuildRequires:  suse-hpc
 %{?hpc_requires}
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ export FC=mpifort
 export F77=$FC
 export CFLAGS="-D__DATE__=\\\"NODATE\\\" -D__TIME__=\\\"NOTIME\\\""
 export FFLAGS="-std=legacy"
+export HAVE_PYTHON="python3"
 %hpc_configure \
     --enable-demangling \
 %ifarch aarch64
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ export FFLAGS="-std=legacy"
 %endif
     --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags} shared
+make %{?_smp_mflags} PYTHON="python3" shared
 
 %install
 %hpc_setup