diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
index 4ba2da7b5d3f..008cc0322534 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/extra_checks/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 /// Path to find the python executable within a virtual environment
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-const REL_PY_PATH: &[&str] = &["Scripts", "python3.exe"];
+const REL_PY_PATH: &[&str] = &["Scripts", "python.exe"];
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 const REL_PY_PATH: &[&str] = &["bin", "python3"];