diff -Nru opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/changelog opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/changelog
--- opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/changelog	2019-09-06 21:07:23.000000000 +0000
+++ opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/changelog	2019-10-23 23:25:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+opa-fm (10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Use python3 for format_releasetag.py (Closes: #943138)
+  * New Standards-Version 4.4.1, no changes required
+
+ -- Brian T. Smith <bsmith@systemfabricworks.com>  Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:25:21 -0500
+
 opa-fm (10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version
diff -Nru opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/control opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/control
--- opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/control	2019-09-06 21:07:23.000000000 +0000
+++ opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/control	2019-10-23 23:25:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
                libibumad-dev,
                libibverbs-dev,
                libssl-dev,
-               python (>= 2.7.16),
+               python3-minimal,
                zlib1g-dev,
-Standards-Version: 4.4.0
+Standards-Version: 4.4.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/intel/opa-fm
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/hpc-team/opa-fm.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/hpc-team/opa-fm
diff -Nru opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/0009-Use-python3-in-format_releasetag.patch opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/0009-Use-python3-in-format_releasetag.patch
--- opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/0009-Use-python3-in-format_releasetag.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/0009-Use-python3-in-format_releasetag.patch	2019-10-23 23:25:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+From: "Brian T. Smith" <bsmith@systemfabricworks.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:22:54 -0500
+Subject: Use python3 in format_releasetag
+
+This is to fix BTS #943138
+---
+ MakeTools/format_releasetag.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/MakeTools/format_releasetag.py b/MakeTools/format_releasetag.py
+index 66517f3..606b8bc 100755
+--- a/MakeTools/format_releasetag.py
++++ b/MakeTools/format_releasetag.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env python
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ # coding=utf-8
+ #
+ # BEGIN_ICS_COPYRIGHT9
diff -Nru opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/series opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/series
--- opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/series	2019-09-06 21:07:23.000000000 +0000
+++ opa-fm-10.9.0.2.1+dfsg.1/debian/patches/series	2019-10-23 23:25:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 0006-Initialize-sm_qos-first_sc-to-0.patch
 0007-Remove-libjson-c-build-dependency.patch
 0008-Fix-user-visible-spelling-errors.patch
+0009-Use-python3-in-format_releasetag.patch