diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 62b4fd6..34b9e5a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
-         python,
+         ${python3:Depends},
          hisat2,
          jellyfish
 Description: rapid and memory-efficient system for classification of DNA sequences