diff --git a/scripts/validate-commits b/scripts/validate-commits
--- a/scripts/validate-commits
+++ b/scripts/validate-commits
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ for rev in $(hg log -r "$1" -T '{node}\n
     hg update "$rev"
 
     cleanup
-    virtualenv -p "$(command -v python2)" "$venv"
+    virtualenv -p "$(command -v python3)" "$venv"
     source "$venv/bin/activate"
     pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
     pip install -e . -r dev_requirements.txt python-ldap python-pam