diff --git a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.ini.j2 b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.ini.j2
index 706d9e8d29ec36ad41858e98d4918a5a047ebe6a..e8dad55f12ccc3a4a0faac33ba75277cfa3c4b41 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.ini.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/barbican/templates/barbican-api.ini.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ lazy = true
 vacuum = true
 no-default-app = true
 memory-report = true
-plugins = python
+plugins = python3
 paste = config:/etc/barbican/barbican-api-paste.ini
 add-header = Connection: close