diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 099ba9f..9f620bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Hext.js also works in Node ([example](./htmlext.wasm.js)). If performance is imp
 [Hext](https://github.com/html-extract/hext) is written in C++. This repo contains a full build process for compiling Hext and all its dependencies to JavaScript/WebAssembly.
 
 In order to build this, you need [Emscripten](https://emscripten.org/docs/getting_started/downloads.html) and the following packages:
-`wget git python build-essential libxml2 libtool autoconf rapidjson-dev cmake`.
+`wget git python3 build-essential libxml2 libtool autoconf rapidjson-dev cmake`.
 
 Then compilation is done with a single command:
 
diff --git a/scripts/github-actions/build.sh b/scripts/github-actions/build.sh
index 9811d87..19a3eb9 100755
--- a/scripts/github-actions/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/github-actions/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 sudo apt-get update -yy
 sudo apt-get install -yy \
-  wget python build-essential libxml2 \
+  wget python3 build-essential libxml2 \
   libtool autoconf rapidjson-dev cmake
 
 # setup emsdk