diff --git a/attributes/database.rb b/attributes/database.rb
index 6b300cf6..fbc7b17a 100644
--- a/attributes/database.rb
+++ b/attributes/database.rb
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ when 'rhel'
   default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['galera'] = ['MySQL-python']
 when 'debian'
   default['openstack']['db']['service_type'] = 'mariadb'
-  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['mysql'] = ['python-mysqldb']
-  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['mariadb'] = ['python-mysqldb']
-  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['percona-cluster'] = ['python-mysqldb']
-  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['galera'] = ['python-mysqldb']
+  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['mysql'] = ['python3-mysqldb']
+  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['mariadb'] = ['python3-mysqldb']
+  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['percona-cluster'] = ['python3-mysqldb']
+  default['openstack']['db']['python_packages']['galera'] = ['python3-mysqldb']
 end
 
 # database sockets, because different
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 7c38129e..083fe0d7 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ case node['platform_family']
 when 'rhel'
   default['openstack']['common']['platform'] = {
     'common_client_packages' => ['python-openstackclient'],
-    'python2_packages' => [
+    'python_packages' => [
       'python',
       'python2-pip',
       'python2-setuptools',
@@ -304,14 +304,15 @@ when 'rhel'
   }
 when 'debian'
   default['openstack']['common']['platform'] = {
-    'common_client_packages' => ['python-openstackclient'],
-    'python2_packages' => [
-      'python',
-      'python-dev',
-      'python-pip',
-      'python-setuptools',
-      'python-virtualenv',
-      'python-wheel',
+    'common_client_packages' => ['python3-openstackclient'],
+    'python_packages' => [
+      'python3',
+      'python3-dev',
+      'python3-pip',
+      'python3-setuptools',
+      'python3-virtualenv',
+      'python3-wheel',
+      'virtualenv',
     ],
     'package_overrides' => '',
   }
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index f28656d2..918e2672 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ when 'rhel'
 end
 
 # install a python
-package node['openstack']['common']['platform']['python2_packages'] do
+package node['openstack']['common']['platform']['python_packages'] do
   options platform_options['package_overrides']
   action :upgrade
 end
diff --git a/spec/client_spec.rb b/spec/client_spec.rb
index fff12119..8e9a443f 100644
--- a/spec/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/client_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe 'openstack-common::client' do
     end
 
     it do
-      expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package('python-openstackclient')
+      expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package('python3-openstackclient')
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/default_spec.rb b/spec/default_spec.rb
index dc18f908..dd10a429 100644
--- a/spec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/default_spec.rb
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ describe 'openstack-common::default' do
       )
     end
 
-    pkgs = %w(python python-dev python-pip python-setuptools python-virtualenv python-wheel)
+    pkgs = %w(python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv python3-wheel virtualenv)
 
-    it 'installs python2 packages' do
+    it 'installs python packages' do
       expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package(pkgs)
     end