diff --git a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
index ab79fdb..fa83e9d 100644
--- a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
+++ b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
