diff --git a/get-poetry.py b/get-poetry.py
index 73b818c7a5c..16e4bdcddfd 100644
--- a/get-poetry.py
+++ b/get-poetry.py
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def extract_lib(self, filename):
 
     def _which_python(self):
         """Decides which python executable we'll embed in the launcher script."""
-        allowed_executables = ["python", "python3"]
+        allowed_executables = ["python3", "python"]
         if WINDOWS:
             allowed_executables += ["py.exe -3", "py.exe -2"]