diff --git a/pylint-2.6 b/pylint-2.6
index 4a61895af..e65fd5d9f 100755
--- a/pylint-2.6
+++ b/pylint-2.6
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # [VPYTHON:BEGIN]
 # # Third party dependencies.  These are only listed because pylint itself needs
 # # them.  Feel free to add/remove anything here.
-# python_version: "3"
+# python_version: "3.8"
 #
 # wheel: <
 #   name: "infra/python/wheels/futures-py2_py3"
diff --git a/pylint-2.7 b/pylint-2.7
index 1fe446133..d8c52ac8d 100755
--- a/pylint-2.7
+++ b/pylint-2.7
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # [VPYTHON:BEGIN]
 # # Third party dependencies.  These are only listed because pylint itself needs
 # # them.  Feel free to add/remove anything here.
-# python_version: "3"
+# python_version: "3.8"
 #
 # wheel: <
 #   name: "infra/python/wheels/futures-py2_py3"