diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 51c1b57a4..bb2728b79 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-dev [platform:dpkg test]
-python-devel [platform:rpm test]
+python3-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+python3-devel [platform:rpm test]
 zookeeperd [platform:dpkg test]