diff --git a/sci-libs/suitesparse/suitesparse-5.7.1.recipe b/sci-libs/suitesparse/suitesparse-5.7.1.recipe
index 266790e63..97460ef53 100644
--- a/sci-libs/suitesparse/suitesparse-5.7.1.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/suitesparse/suitesparse-5.7.1.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ C=A*B operator in MATLAB.
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.suitesparse.com"
 COPYRIGHT="1996-2019 Timothy A. Davis et al."
 LICENSE="SUITESPARSE"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="5ba5add1663d51a1b6fb128b50fe869b497f3096765ff7f8212f0ede044b9557"
 SOURCE_DIR="SuiteSparse-$portVersion"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:perl
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python2
+	cmd:python3
 	"
 
 defineDebugInfoPackage suitesparse$secondaryArchSuffix \