diff --git a/post-receive-email b/post-receive-email
index 19318db..ce0ebc0 100755
--- a/post-receive-email
+++ b/post-receive-email
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#! /usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # post-receive-email - Post receive email hook for the Labs Git repository
 #
diff --git a/post-receive-notify-updates b/post-receive-notify-updates
index 0769668..4d0adc1 100755
--- a/post-receive-notify-updates
+++ b/post-receive-notify-updates
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 #
 # post-receive-notify-updates
 #