diff --git a/generic-release.spec b/generic-release.spec
index 83af29ab82a8e12f21a603e1a790a2d09c14482b..bcc0dada8afd4b03a509797997fd7d558ff7955c 100644
--- a/generic-release.spec
+++ b/generic-release.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %define dist_release_version 8
 %define generic_version 20.03
 %define generic_patch_level LTS
-%define generic_release 37
+%define generic_release 38
 %define builtin_release_version 1.0
 
 %define current_arch %{_arch}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Source1:	85-display-manager.preset
 Source2:	90-default.preset
 Source3:	99-default-disable.preset
 
-BuildRequires:	python
+BuildRequires:	python3
 Requires:       %{product_family}-repos
 Obsoletes: 	yum-utils yum-utils-help yum-utils-plugins
 
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/profile.d/performance.sh
 
 %changelog
+* Fri June 19 2020 shenyangyang <shenyangyang4@huawei.com> - 1.0-38
+- change build requires of python to python3
+
 * Mon May 18 2020 shenyangyang <shenyangyang4@huawei.com> - 1.0-37
 - add equal sign in color.sh