diff --git a/scripts/release.yml b/scripts/release.yml
index fb5b302a4..8df1a228f 100644
--- a/scripts/release.yml
+++ b/scripts/release.yml
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ stages:
     - 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)/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 '{}' 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 '{}' python3 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
     - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@0
       inputs:
         artifactName: 'PythonPackage'
@@ -323,6 +323,6 @@ stages:
       inputs:
         secureFile: 'pypirc'
     - script: pip install --upgrade pip
-    - script: python -m pip install --user -U setuptools importlib_metadata wheel twine 
+    - script: python3 -m pip install --user -U setuptools importlib_metadata wheel twine 
     # Uncomment on release:
-#    - script: python -m twine upload --config-file $(pypirc.secureFilePath) -r $(pypiReleaseServer) dist/*
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+#    - script: python3 -m twine upload --config-file $(pypirc.secureFilePath) -r $(pypiReleaseServer) dist/*
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