diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index eac6a58ab34..26c14a78179 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11
 # Download Apache Bookkeeper, untar and clean up
 RUN set -x \
     && adduser "${BK_USER}" \
-    && yum install -y java-11-openjdk-devel wget bash python sudo\
+    && yum install -y java-11-openjdk-devel wget bash python3 sudo\
     && mkdir -pv /opt \
     && cd /opt \
     && wget -q "${DISTRO_URL}" \
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ RUN set -x \
     && mv bookkeeper-server-${BK_VERSION}/ /opt/bookkeeper/ \
     && rm -rf "$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz" "$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz.asc" "$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz.sha512" \
     # install zookeeper shell
-    && wget -q https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py \
+    && wget -q https://bootstrap.pypa.io/2.7/get-pip.py \
+    && python --version \
     && python get-pip.py \
     && pip install zk-shell \
     && rm -rf get-pip.py \