diff --git a/tools/check/check_python b/tools/check/check_python
index e9e0d04178..ca687a7b32 100755
--- a/tools/check/check_python
+++ b/tools/check/check_python
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ fi
 
 ${PYTHON} -c '
 import sys
-sys.exit(sys.version_info[0] < 2 or sys.version_info[1] < 2)
-' || fail "need python version >= 2.2"
+sys.exit(sys.version_info[0] < 2 or sys.version_info[1] < 3)
+' || fail "need python version >= 2.3"