diff --git a/src/high-level/scripts/papi_hl_output_writer.py b/src/high-level/scripts/papi_hl_output_writer.py
index e04d6051f..02b263639 100755
--- a/src/high-level/scripts/papi_hl_output_writer.py
+++ b/src/high-level/scripts/papi_hl_output_writer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 from __future__ import division
 from collections import OrderedDict