diff --git a/scripts/nightly.yaml b/scripts/nightly.yaml
index a83f87a76..6daa79ff4 100644
--- a/scripts/nightly.yaml
+++ b/scripts/nightly.yaml
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ jobs:
   - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir linux-bin; cd linux-bin; unzip ../*centos*.zip
   - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir win32-bin; cd win32-bin; unzip ../*x86-win*.zip
   - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir win64-bin; cd win64-bin; unzip ../*x64-win*.zip
-  - script: python -m pip install --user -U setuptools wheel
-  - script: cd src/api/python; python setup.py sdist
+  - script: python3 -m pip install --user -U setuptools wheel
+  - script: cd src/api/python; python3 setup.py sdist
   # take a look at this PREMIUM HACK I came up with to get around the fact that the azure variable syntax overloads the bash syntax for subshells
-  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/linux-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python setup.py bdist_wheel
-  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/win32-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python setup.py bdist_wheel
-  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/win64-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python setup.py bdist_wheel
-  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/osx-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python setup.py bdist_wheel
+  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/linux-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/win32-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/win64-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
+  - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/osx-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
   - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
     inputs:
       artifactName: 'Python packages'