diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f2d44dd7f..718f69927 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CORE_FLAVOUR=	${FLAVOUR}
 CORE_OPENVPN?=	# empty
 CORE_PHP?=	72
 CORE_PYTHON2?=	27
-CORE_PYTHON?=	36
+CORE_PYTHON?=	37
 CORE_RADVD?=	1
 CORE_SQUID?=	# empty
 CORE_SURICATA?=	# empty
diff --git a/src/bin/python3 b/src/bin/python3
index 039b719b0..940bee389 120000
--- a/src/bin/python3
+++ b/src/bin/python3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python3.6
\ No newline at end of file
+python3.7
\ No newline at end of file