diff --git a/dev-qt/qt6-base/qt6_base-6.2.1.recipe b/dev-qt/qt6-base/qt6_base-6.2.1.recipe
index 666630bcd..2d92b93f5 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qt6-base/qt6_base-6.2.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-qt/qt6-base/qt6_base-6.2.1.recipe
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:ninja
 	cmd:perl
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python3.9
+	cmd:python3.7
 	cmd:sed
 	cmd:xargs
 	"