diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f9ddc4b..9529fe9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
 
 # Python
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.7], [AC_SUBST([PYTHON], [echo "$PYTHON"])], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find python-2.7 installed...python-2.7 is required])])
+AM_PATH_PYTHON([3], [AC_SUBST([PYTHON], [echo "$PYTHON"])], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find python-3 installed...python-3 is required])])
 
 LT_INIT # Removes WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-libtool-sysroot
 # Check/set gtest specific functions.
diff --git a/parse_led.py b/parse_led.py
index fdffb6a..a52a1ce 100755
--- a/parse_led.py
+++ b/parse_led.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import yaml
 import os
 import argparse