diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 448dfa7..3f9328a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O3")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
 
-find_program(PYTHON "python2.7")
+find_program(PYTHON "python3.6")
 
 # Enable the GNU extensions
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON)