diff --git a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
index e326ed4ff..023bf38cf 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
+++ b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Requires: qt5-qttools-devel >= 5.11.1
 # CentOS7 requirements
 %if "%{target_system}" == "centos7"
 Requires:	ruby >= 2.0.0
-Requires:	python >= 2.7.5
+Requires:	python >= 3.6.0
 Requires: qt-x11 >= 4.8.5
 %define buildopt -j2
 %define pylib %{python_sitearch}