diff --git a/scripts/simplebench/bench_block_job.py b/scripts/simplebench/bench_block_job.py
index 9808d696cf..a0dda1dc4e 100755
--- a/scripts/simplebench/bench_block_job.py
+++ b/scripts/simplebench/bench_block_job.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Benchmark block jobs
 #