diff --git a/test/recipes/95-test_external_tlsfuzzer_data/tlsfuzzer.sh b/test/recipes/95-test_external_tlsfuzzer_data/tlsfuzzer.sh
index 9c2421f906f2c..be27dc7169d12 100644
--- a/test/recipes/95-test_external_tlsfuzzer_data/tlsfuzzer.sh
+++ b/test/recipes/95-test_external_tlsfuzzer_data/tlsfuzzer.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OPENSSL_VERSION=$($CLI version | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
 TMPFILE="${PWD}/tls-fuzzer.$$.tmp"
 PSKFILE="${PWD}/tls-fuzzer.psk.$$.tmp"
 
-PYTHON=`which python`
+PYTHON=`which python3`
 PORT=4433
 
 echo "------------------------------------------------------------------"