diff --git a/lucene/common-build.xml b/lucene/common-build.xml
index fd405c2ed9c..300c59f7e21 100644
--- a/lucene/common-build.xml
+++ b/lucene/common-build.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@
   <property name="perl.exe" value="perl" />
   
   <property name="python.exe" value="python" />
-  <property name="python32.exe" value="python3.2" />
+  <!-- todo: rename this variable -->
+  <property name="python32.exe" value="python3" />
 
   <property name="gpg.exe" value="gpg" />
   <property name="gpg.key" value="CODE SIGNING KEY" />