diff --git a/library/delete_old_oci_images.py b/library/delete_old_oci_images.py
index 8b61b18877..f2df75f3d7 100644
--- a/library/delete_old_oci_images.py
+++ b/library/delete_old_oci_images.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # delete_old_oci_images.py - Ansible module that returns old images from a container registry