diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
index 7e69816f62c..556bc628800 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ compile()
 	for f in ${pycompile_module}; do
 		echo "Byte-compiling python${pycompile_version} code for module ${f}..."
 		if [ -d usr/lib/python${pycompile_version}/site-packages/${f} ]; then
-			python -m compileall -f -q \
+			python${pycompile_version} -m compileall -f -q \
 				usr/lib/python${pycompile_version}/site-packages/${f} && \
-			python -O -m compileall -f -q \
+			python${pycompile_version} -O -m compileall -f -q \
 				usr/lib/python${pycompile_version}/site-packages/${f}
 		else
-			python -m compileall -f -q \
+			python${pycompile_version} -m compileall -f -q \
 				usr/lib/python${pycompile_version}/site-packages/${f} && \
-			python -O -m compileall -f -q \
+			python${pycompile_version} -O -m compileall -f -q \
 				usr/lib/python${pycompile_version}/site-packages/${f}
 		fi
 	done
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
index 36de3473f19..f289024cd60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps-triggers'
 pkgname=xbps-triggers
-version=0.78
+version=0.79
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 bootstrap=yes