diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6e61398..a613381 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  libgnomekbd-dev,
  libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.3.16),
  libx11-dev,
- python,
+ python3,
  yelp-tools,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 Depends:
  gist,
  inxi,
- python,
- python-gi,
+ python3,
+ python3-gi,
  xdg-utils,
  ${misc:Depends},
- ${python:Depends},
+ ${python3:Depends},
 Description: Common files for XApp desktop apps
  This package includes files that are shared between several XApp
  apps (i18n files and configuration schemas).
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index defe06d..ee648ed 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 DEB_PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(shell pkg-config gobject-introspection-1.0 --variable libdir | sed -e 's/.//')
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel --with=autoreconf,gir,gnome,python2
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=autoreconf,gir,gnome,python3
 
 override_dh_gnome_clean:
 	dh_gnome_clean --no-control