diff --git a/src/sonic_ax_impl/bin/sysDescr_pass.py b/src/sonic_ax_impl/bin/sysDescr_pass.py
index 7c8640176a8e..ce628f6b7303 100644
--- a/src/sonic_ax_impl/bin/sysDescr_pass.py
+++ b/src/sonic_ax_impl/bin/sysDescr_pass.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python -u
+#! /usr/bin/python3 -u
 #################################################################################
 # Copyright 2016 Cumulus Networks LLC, all rights reserved
 #