diff --git a/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index 652e9542043f28ab995e5379e949d7578a26c673..dcd8d8750b8bf3b7204718c379edc5a71e31711b 100755
--- a/scripts/bloat-o-meter
+++ b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright 2004 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
 #
diff --git a/scripts/diffconfig b/scripts/diffconfig
index 627eba5849b5ccf6a018cb1be1fd27341807fb62..d5da5fa05d1d3c264775dbb5c960bc3f69cd8684 100755
--- a/scripts/diffconfig
+++ b/scripts/diffconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # diffconfig - a tool to compare .config files.