diff --git a/tools/publishdocs.sh b/tools/publishdocs.sh
index 17b0cedad1..d6a2fc0d66 100755
--- a/tools/publishdocs.sh
+++ b/tools/publishdocs.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tools/build-all-rst.sh --pdf
 # Build the www pages so that openstack-indexpage creates a link to
 # www/www-index.html.
 if [ "$PUBLISH" = "build" ] ; then
-    python tools/www-generator.py --source-directory www/ \
+    python3 tools/www-generator.py --source-directory www/ \
         --output-directory publish-docs/www/
     rsync -a www/static/ publish-docs/www/
     # publish-docs/www-index.html is the trigger for openstack-indexpage
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ "$PUBLISH" = "build" ] ; then
     mv publish-docs/www/www-index.html publish-docs/www-index.html
 fi
 if [ "$PUBLISH" = "publish" ] ; then
-    python tools/www-generator.py --source-directory www/ \
+    python3 tools/www-generator.py --source-directory www/ \
         --output-directory publish-docs
     rsync -a www/static/ publish-docs/
     # Don't publish these files
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e6f1ea568d..3e2f9f9fc8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ envlist = linters,checkbuild
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
-basepython=python2.7
+basepython=python3
 setenv =
    VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt