diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/template b/srcpkgs/geany/template
index e877136d5f..9eef9728d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'geany'
 pkgname=geany
-version=1.36
+version=1.37
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-vte --enable-gtk3"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel glib-devel libtool pkg-config intltool
- python"
+ python3"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Fast and lightweight IDE"
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ maintainer="Benjamín Albiñana <benalb@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.geany.org"
 distfiles="https://download.${pkgname}.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9184dd3dd40b7b84fca70083284bb9dbf2ee8022bf2be066bdc36592d909d53e
-python_version=2 #unverified
+checksum=dde52584823b769c56704c27dbedddb7a6bbaf4eacb9587d10bbc387816e3d51
+python_version=3
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi