diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 98f577f27a..37b2110f29 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ parts:
     after: [godeps, runtime]
     build-packages:
       - gcc
-      - python
+      - python3
       - zlib1g-dev
       - libcap-ng-dev
       - libglib2.0-dev