diff --git a/3.0/Dockerfile b/3.0/Dockerfile
index 4b265a7..7f03bc5 100644
--- a/3.0/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.0/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # "free" is used by cassandra-env.sh
 		procps \
 # "cqlsh" needs a python interpreter
-		python \
+		python2 \
 # "ip" is not required by Cassandra itself, but is commonly used in scripting Cassandra's configuration (since it is so fixated on explicit IP addresses)
 		iproute2 \
 # Cassandra will automatically use numactl if available
diff --git a/3.11/Dockerfile b/3.11/Dockerfile
index e270d0a..6d9f1fe 100644
--- a/3.11/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # "free" is used by cassandra-env.sh
 		procps \
 # "cqlsh" needs a python interpreter
-		python \
+		python2 \
 # "ip" is not required by Cassandra itself, but is commonly used in scripting Cassandra's configuration (since it is so fixated on explicit IP addresses)
 		iproute2 \
 # Cassandra will automatically use numactl if available
diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index 50ffccd..8674e6b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 {{
 	# python3 is only supported in 4.0+
 	# https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-10190
+	# https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11.16/bin/cqlsh#L18-L26
+	# https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.0.29/bin/cqlsh#L18-L26
+	# (only looking for/accepting Python 2.7 specifically)
 	if major < 4 then (
 -}}
-		python \
+		python2 \
 {{ ) else ( -}}
 		python3 \
 {{ ) end -}}