diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c643657f19087de338c66abb0db00d769a9b5b07..a27b73f241ca1a3432a30c49b8d93145feeab852 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         liblzma-dev \
         libxml2-dev \
         gawk \
-        python3 \
+        python \
         bcftools=1.3.1-1+b1 \
         samtools=1.3.1-3 \
     && apt-get autoremove -y \