diff --git a/manifests/07-downloads-deployment.yaml b/manifests/07-downloads-deployment.yaml
index b33cea0b5d..b9fc03c0f3 100644
--- a/manifests/07-downloads-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/07-downloads-deployment.yaml
@@ -168,5 +168,5 @@ spec:
           [Thread(i, socket=sock) for i in range(100)]
           time.sleep(9e9)
           EOF
-          exec python2 /tmp/serve.py  # the cli image only has Python 2.7
+          exec python3 /tmp/serve.py  # the cli image only has Python 3 if based on RHEL8
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1