diff --git a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
index ab79fdb3b..fa83e9d6a 100644
--- a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
+++ b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
diff --git a/builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py b/builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py
index 4527f11b2..0ab704eea 100644
--- a/builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py
+++ b/builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
diff --git a/builds/meson/generate_reference_docs.py b/builds/meson/generate_reference_docs.py
index 15d9b0660..746518fd4 100644
--- a/builds/meson/generate_reference_docs.py
+++ b/builds/meson/generate_reference_docs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
diff --git a/builds/meson/parse_modules_cfg.py b/builds/meson/parse_modules_cfg.py
index aa6e9e176..45b65a55d 100644
--- a/builds/meson/parse_modules_cfg.py
+++ b/builds/meson/parse_modules_cfg.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
diff --git a/builds/meson/process_ftoption_h.py b/builds/meson/process_ftoption_h.py
index fe6088785..7dfb7c58f 100644
--- a/builds/meson/process_ftoption_h.py
+++ b/builds/meson/process_ftoption_h.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.