--- bin/cqlsh.orig	2022-05-06 16:40:06 UTC
+++ bin/cqlsh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ "$USER_SPECIFIED_PYTHON" != "" ]; then
     # run a user specified Python interpreter
     run_if_supported_version "$USER_SPECIFIED_PYTHON" "$@"
 else
-    for interpreter in python3 python python2.7; do
+    for interpreter in python3 python3.9 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python python2.7; do
         run_if_supported_version "$interpreter" "$@"
     done
 fi
