diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
index 2bde458a3aa..e077c486a7b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-caps"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
-checkdepends="python-pyelftools"
+checkdepends="python3-pyelftools"
 short_desc="PaX aware and related utilities for ELF binaries"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"