diff --git a/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test-java/Dockerfile b/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test-java/Dockerfile
index 89e8b8759..08c9712c9 100644
--- a/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test-java/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder-jvm
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y python-is-python3
+
 RUN git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_fuzzing.git
 WORKDIR $SRC/rules_fuzzing/
 COPY build.sh $SRC/
diff --git a/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test/Dockerfile b/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test/Dockerfile
index c007f5aa8..02adc30e6 100644
--- a/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/bazel-rules-fuzzing-test/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y python-is-python3
+
 RUN git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_fuzzing.git
 WORKDIR $SRC/rules_fuzzing/
 COPY build.sh $SRC/