diff --git a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate_test.py b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate_test.py
index 09ea600505d..d95194b2211 100644
--- a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate_test.py
+++ b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate_test.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TestBoilerplate(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # capture stdout
         old_stdout = sys.stdout
-        sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
+        sys.stdout = StringIO()
 
         boilerplate.args = Args()
         ret = boilerplate.main()