diff --git a/cmake/checker.cmake b/cmake/checker.cmake
index 016af3e..be78919 100644
--- a/cmake/checker.cmake
+++ b/cmake/checker.cmake
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 endmacro()
 
-#check python
-find_program(CMD_PYTHON python)
-_CHECK(CMD_PYTHON "CMD_PYTHON-NOTFOUND" "python")
+#check python3
+find_program(CMD_PYTHON python3)
+_CHECK(CMD_PYTHON "CMD_PYTHON-NOTFOUND" "python3")
 
 # check liblxc
 pkg_check_modules(PC_LIBLXC REQUIRED "lxc>=3")
diff --git a/lcr.spec b/lcr.spec
index 6c2578b..9216e1e 100644
--- a/lcr.spec
+++ b/lcr.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: lxc
 BuildRequires: lxc-devel
 BuildRequires: yajl yajl-devel
-BuildRequires: python2
+BuildRequires: python3
 Requires:      rsync bridge-utils lxc
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 aarch64
 
diff --git a/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt b/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
index 80d6703..48a4479 100644
--- a/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/json/schema/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project (JSONGenerator)
 
-set(cmdpath python)
+set(cmdpath python3)
 set(pysrcpath ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/generate.py)
 set(schemapath ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/schema)
 set(outputpath ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/json)