diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/pull.py b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/pull.py
index 3c3158bd7..bf0ec34e8 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/pull.py
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/pull.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #vim:set fileencoding=utf-8 sw=2 expandtab
 
 from transifex import Transifex
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/push.py b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/push.py
index 8433a4864..b156decd2 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/push.py
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/push.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #vim:set fileencoding=utf-8 sw=2 expandtab
 
 from transifex import Transifex
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/transifex.py b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/transifex.py
index 51101d2ff..472de4084 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/transifex.py
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/transifex.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #vim:set fileencoding=utf-8 sw=2 expandtab
 
 import update
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/update.py b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/update.py
index 29b26fbae..afcada35b 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/update.py
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/python/update.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #vim:set fileencoding=utf-8 sw=2 expandtab
 
 def unquote(s):
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/update.sh b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/update.sh
index 4a2e46c41..bc050e66e 100755
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/update.sh
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/i18n/update.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ catalog()
 update()
 {
   echo -e "Updating $1...\c"
-  cat "$catalog" | python python/update.py "$1"
+  cat "$catalog" | python2 python/update.py "$1"
   msgcat -p "$1" > $(basename "$1" .po).properties
   # msgcat may complain about "CHARSET" if you didn't replace "CHARSET" with
   # your correct charset.