diff --git a/contrib/template-override/ovs-dpdk.j2 b/contrib/template-override/ovs-dpdk.j2
index 1bfac64565..edbab3dd98 100644
--- a/contrib/template-override/ovs-dpdk.j2
+++ b/contrib/template-override/ovs-dpdk.j2
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
         'autoconf',
         'automake',
         'libpcap-devel',
-        'python-devel',
-        'python-six',
+        'python3-devel',
+        'python3-six',
         'crudini'
      ] %}
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         'make',
         'build-essential',
         'libpcap-dev',
-        'python-dev',
-        'python-six',
+        'python3-dev',
+        'python3-six',
         'crudini'
     ] %}