diff --git a/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py b/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py
index 6061326d8de..c6cc3be9ba2 100755
--- a/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py
+++ b/dev-support/checkcompatibility.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/checkstyle_report.py b/dev-support/checkstyle_report.py
index 0b700b9789c..c5810be152b 100755
--- a/dev-support/checkstyle_report.py
+++ b/dev-support/checkstyle_report.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/flaky-tests/findHangingTests.py b/dev-support/flaky-tests/findHangingTests.py
index 328516ebf34..f8416e0a1e1 100755
--- a/dev-support/flaky-tests/findHangingTests.py
+++ b/dev-support/flaky-tests/findHangingTests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/flaky-tests/report-flakies.py b/dev-support/flaky-tests/report-flakies.py
index d29ecfa4da6..e2d30b0d6dc 100755
--- a/dev-support/flaky-tests/report-flakies.py
+++ b/dev-support/flaky-tests/report-flakies.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/gen_redirect_html.py b/dev-support/gen_redirect_html.py
index 0e73a571656..8a24a81ac65 100755
--- a/dev-support/gen_redirect_html.py
+++ b/dev-support/gen_redirect_html.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/submit-patch.py b/dev-support/submit-patch.py
index 74f95956949..b4591abf765 100755
--- a/dev-support/submit-patch.py
+++ b/dev-support/submit-patch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file