diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb b/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
index 648abb5b11..64c57db726 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Language
       Version.create(version.to_s)
     end
 
-    def self.homebrew_site_packages(version = "2.7")
+    def self.homebrew_site_packages(version = "3.6")
       HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"lib/python#{version}/site-packages"
     end