diff --git a/dev/create-release/generate-contributors.py b/dev/create-release/generate-contributors.py
index d9135173419ae..57775dde9dd67 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/generate-contributors.py
+++ b/dev/create-release/generate-contributors.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
diff --git a/dev/create-release/releaseutils.py b/dev/create-release/releaseutils.py
index 241b7ed539ae9..9f1dffbd09ac4 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/releaseutils.py
+++ b/dev/create-release/releaseutils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
diff --git a/dev/create-release/translate-contributors.py b/dev/create-release/translate-contributors.py
index be30e6ad30b24..554acc8b8a379 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/translate-contributors.py
+++ b/dev/create-release/translate-contributors.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
diff --git a/dev/github_jira_sync.py b/dev/github_jira_sync.py
index b90afeebc5238..d916e2dbd8223 100755
--- a/dev/github_jira_sync.py
+++ b/dev/github_jira_sync.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
diff --git a/dev/merge_spark_pr.py b/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
index b42429d7175b1..2e376fb343bbe 100755
--- a/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
+++ b/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
diff --git a/python/pyspark/find_spark_home.py b/python/pyspark/find_spark_home.py
index 920c04009dd11..011c3f5b10a6b 100755
--- a/python/pyspark/find_spark_home.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/find_spark_home.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 294a34c7a1916..6a96ee743b597 100755
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more