diff --git a/srcpkgs/fio/template b/srcpkgs/fio/template
index c9244580e71..6fbabefb02d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fio/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'fio'
 pkgname=fio
 version=3.21
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=configure
 make_build_args="T_TEST_PROGS="
 make_install_args="mandir=/usr/share/man"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libaio-devel"
-depends="python"
+depends="python3"
 short_desc="Flexible I/O tester"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/axboe/fio"
 distfiles="https://github.com/axboe/${pkgname}/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=22262808730f38ddd515d9f2f43b08ec31ad89f3e8c84645e8ce46b1b01f345d
-python_version=2 #unverified
+python_version=3
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*|ppc64*) makedepends+=" libnuma-devel"