diff --git a/helpers.py b/helpers.py
index e66684f..a5552f1 100755
--- a/helpers.py
+++ b/helpers.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def error(message):
 
 
 def die(message):
-    print >> sys.stderr, "emerge fatal error: %s" % message
+    print("emerge fatal error: %s" % message, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ def system(cmdstring, file=None):
 def getOS_Name():
     if os.path.exists("/etc/SuSE-release"):
         f = open("/etc/SuSE-release", "r")
-        rx = re.compile("^VERSION = (.*)$")
+        rx = re.compile(r"^VERSION = (.*)$")
         for line in f.readlines():
             m = rx.match(line)
             if not m:
-                line = re.sub("\s", "", line)
-                line = re.sub("\([xX]86[-_]64\)", "", line)
+                line = re.sub(r"\s", "", line)
+                line = re.sub(r"\([xX]86[-_]64\)", "", line)
                 line = line.replace("SUSE", "")
                 line = line.replace("LinuxEnterpriseServer", "SLE")
                 line = line.replace("LinuxEnterpriseDesktop", "SLE")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def getOS_Name():
         return "unknown"
     else:
         f = open("/etc/os-release", "r")
-        rx = re.compile('^PRETTY_NAME="(.*)"$')
+        rx = re.compile(r'^PRETTY_NAME="(.*)"$')
         for line in f.readlines():
             m = rx.match(line)
             if m:
diff --git a/make_rpm.py b/make_rpm.py
index 9797ca1..2d96458 100755
--- a/make_rpm.py
+++ b/make_rpm.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
-import ConfigParser
+import configparser
 import fnmatch
 
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class build(object):
                     config_files.append(os.path.join(root, name))
 
         for config_file in config_files:
-            config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+            config = configparser.ConfigParser()
             config.optionxform = str
             config.read(config_file)
 
@@ -202,9 +202,7 @@ class build(object):
 
 
 def usage():
-    print >> sys.stdout, "Usage: %s [-b <base_dir> ] -f <filelist> -o <output_dir> -r <repository> -v <version> -s <svn_path>" % sys.argv[
-        0
-    ]
+    print("Usage: %s [-b <base_dir> ] -f <filelist> -o <output_dir> -r <repository> -v <version> -s <svn_path>" % sys.argv[0], file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def main():
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ def main():
             ],
         )
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
-        print >> sys.stderr, err
+        print(err, file=sys.stderr)
         usage()
         sys.exit(2)
 
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ def main():
     dstdir = os.path.join(
         b.output_dir, "%s-%s-%s" % (b.project_name, b.repository, full_version)
     )
-    filter = re.compile("^.*%s\..*\.rpm$" % full_version)
+    filter = re.compile(r"^.*%s\..*\.rpm$" % full_version)
     moved_files = moveFilesToDir(rpmbase_dir, dstdir, filter, True)
 
     if rpm_filelist != None:
diff --git a/make_rpm_ubuntu26.py b/make_rpm_ubuntu26.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755