diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-get b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
index 007b4cd442..7c5ede91bb 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-get
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-get
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 ##
 # QEMU Object Model test tools
 #
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-list b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
index 03bda3446b..bb68fd65d4 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-list
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-list
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 ##
 # QEMU Object Model test tools
 #
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-set b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
index c37fe78b00..19881d85e9 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-set
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 ##
 # QEMU Object Model test tools
 #
diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
index 1c8acf61e7..fa91147a03 100755
--- a/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
+++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-tree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 ##
 # QEMU Object Model test tools
 #