diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/autotools-language-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/autotools-language-server/package.nix
index 1cb6f711bbc7..d79889fe2c33 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/autotools-language-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/autotools-language-server/package.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 { lib
-, python3
+, python311
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
 }:
 
+let
+  python3 = python311;
+in
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "autotools-language-server";
   version = "0.0.19";