diff --git a/tools/package/onos_stage.py b/tools/package/onos_stage.py
index 7a48650..ac66906 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos_stage.py
+++ b/tools/package/onos_stage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
  Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
 
diff --git a/tools/package/runtime/bin/_check-json b/tools/package/runtime/bin/_check-json
index 1eef25b..0ebaf2c 100644
--- a/tools/package/runtime/bin/_check-json
+++ b/tools/package/runtime/bin/_check-json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 checkJson() {
-    cat ${1} | python -m json.tool >> /dev/null
+    cat ${1} | python3 -m json.tool >> /dev/null
     if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
         echo "Not valid JSON File" && exit 1
     fi