diff --git a/srcpkgs/electron24/template b/srcpkgs/electron24/template
index 431ba6b0f83..27c4f1aebd9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/electron24/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/electron24/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ hostmakedepends="$(vopt_if clang "clang lld") python pkgconf perl gperf bison ni
  pciutils-devel ffmpeg-devel libxml2-devel libglib-devel yarn openjdk libxslt-devel
  opus-devel libXcursor-devel libXcomposite-devel libXtst-devel libXrandr-devel libXScrnSaver-devel
  alsa-lib-devel re2-devel snappy-devel mit-krb5-devel $(vopt_if pulseaudio pulseaudio-devel)
- $(vopt_if sndio sndio-devel) jq"
+ $(vopt_if sndio sndio-devel) jq python3.11"
 makedepends="libpng-devel gtk+-devel gtk+3-devel nss-devel pciutils-devel
  libXi-devel libgcrypt-devel libgnome-keyring-devel cups-devel elfutils-devel
  libXcomposite-devel speech-dispatcher-devel libXrandr-devel mit-krb5-devel
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ post_patch() {
 }
 
 pre_configure() {
+	ln -s "/usr/bin/python3.11" "${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/python3"
+
 	cd "$wrksrc/$build_wrksrc"
 
 	# https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/topic/chromium-packagers/9JX1N2nf4PU/discussion
@@ -275,8 +277,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 
 	msg_normal "Replacing gn files\n"
-	python3 build/linux/unbundle/replace_gn_files.py --system-libraries \
-		$use_system
+	python3.11 build/linux/unbundle/replace_gn_files.py \
+		--system-libraries $use_system
 	third_party/libaddressinput/chromium/tools/update-strings.py
 
 	# Satisfy some scripts that use git describe to figure out the electron version