diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/stats b/confluent_client/bin/stats
index cfb96729..21b8ab53 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/stats
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/stats
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 
 # Copyright 2019 Lenovo