diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index b539dc59b72..4f577c1cbe5 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 EnsureSConsVersion(3, 0, 0)
-EnsurePythonVersion(3, 5)
+EnsurePythonVersion(3, 6)
 
 # System
 import atexit