diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index 1a499c52aa2..7cffc5dfdf1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ checksum=d0f996116ae234dc7bd59e0d77ddefe268179d7500d16a9488309c826547c97c
 
 lib32disabled=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3 yasm rust cargo
- llvm clang lld nodejs cbindgen nasm which tar"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3.11 yasm rust
+ cargo llvm clang lld nodejs cbindgen nasm which tar"
 makedepends="nss-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel gtk+3-devel icu-devel
  pixman-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx-devel libwebp-devel
  libXrender-devel libXcomposite-devel libSM-devel libXt-devel rust-std
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ post_patch() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
+	ln -s "/usr/bin/python3.11" "${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/python3"
+
 	if [ "$build_option_clang" ]; then
 		export CC=clang
 		export CXX=clang++