diff --git a/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py b/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
index 88e8911..47ae305 100755
--- a/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
+++ b/benchtests/scripts/compare_bench.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 #
diff --git a/benchtests/scripts/import_bench.py b/benchtests/scripts/import_bench.py
index 602b3f9..76bf152 100755
--- a/benchtests/scripts/import_bench.py
+++ b/benchtests/scripts/import_bench.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 #
diff --git a/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py b/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
index 6147f05..9a5c794 100755
--- a/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
+++ b/benchtests/scripts/validate_benchout.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 #