--- CMakeLists.txt	2019-02-06 13:20:34.000000000 -0500
+++ CMakeLists.txt	2019-03-06 13:43:11.499854000 -0500
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ 
         set( PythonLibs_FIND_VERSION 3.3 )
     else()
         # force a python version < 3.0
-        set( PythonInterp_FIND_VERSION 2.6 )
-        set( PythonLibs_FIND_VERSION 2.6 )
+        set( PythonInterp_FIND_VERSION 2.7 )
+        set( PythonLibs_FIND_VERSION 2.7 )
     endif()
 
     find_package( PythonInterp )