diff --git a/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-security/fail2ban/python3-fail2ban_git.bb b/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-security/fail2ban/python3-fail2ban_git.bb
index 0cac7abcb73d..0ead44a02f08 100644
--- a/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-security/fail2ban/python3-fail2ban_git.bb
+++ b/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-security/fail2ban/python3-fail2ban_git.bb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ do_install:append () {
 
     chown -R root:root ${D}/${bindir}
     rm -rf ${D}/run
+    find ${D}${sysconfdir} -type f -exec sed -i '1s/env fail2ban-python/env python3/' {} +
 }
 
 do_install_ptest:append () {
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ do_install_ptest:append () {
     install -m 0644 ${S}/README.md ${D}${PTEST_PATH}
     sed -i -e 's|^logpath = README.md|logpath = ${PTEST_PATH}/README.md|g' \
             ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/fail2ban/tests/config/jail.conf
+    find ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} -type f -exec sed -i \
+            '1s/env fail2ban-python/env python3/' {} +
 }
 
 INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}"