diff --git a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
index e10fc7a4c195af7e0b817107e7f239fa9f77714f..f1b4a63f9a5c90d7afacb5c3dc027adb4e6e29fc 100644
--- a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
+++ b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_hdfml.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3 -m venv ${cur}../venv_hdfml
 source ${cur}/../venv_hdfml/bin/activate
 
 # export path for side-packages 
-export PYTHONPATH=${cur}/../venv_hdfml/lib/python3.6/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
+export PYTHONPATH=${cur}/../venv_hdfml/lib/python3.8/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
 
 echo "##### START INSTALLING requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt #####"
 pip install -r ${cur}/requirements_HDFML_additionals.txt
diff --git a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_juwels.sh b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_juwels.sh
index 07b97f1c3edc48ed9ad87169afd380eaad3cf694..3e1f489532ef118522ccd37dd56cf6e6306046ac 100755
--- a/HPC_setup/setup_venv_juwels.sh
+++ b/HPC_setup/setup_venv_juwels.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python3 -m venv ${cur}/../venv_juwels
 source ${cur}/../venv_juwels/bin/activate
 
 # export path for side-packages 
-export PYTHONPATH=${cur}/../venv_juwels/lib/python3.6/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
+export PYTHONPATH=${cur}/../venv_juwels/lib/python3.8/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
 
 
 echo "##### START INSTALLING requirements_JUWELS_additionals.txt #####"