diff --git a/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
index fb4d093caf..f5754b9ec8 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <PartOf>programming.language.python</PartOf>
         <Summary>Python modules for Tk</Summary>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency release="current">python</Dependency>  
+            <Dependency release="current">python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>tcl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>tcltk</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>