diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7bf9194d31..b666a59201 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 python:
-  - "2.7"
+  - "3.8"
 
 cache: pip
 
diff --git a/bin/runUnitTests.py b/bin/runUnitTests.py
index 6606c87bad..f7fb413262 100755
--- a/bin/runUnitTests.py
+++ b/bin/runUnitTests.py
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ def _validate_html(path):
     n_msg = len(errMsg)
     for i in range(n_msg):
         if i == 0:
-            print "The following malformed html syntax has been found:\n%s" % errMsg[i]
+            print("The following malformed html syntax has been found:\n%s" % errMsg[i])
         else:
-            print errMsg[i]
+            print(errMsg[i])
 
     if n_msg == 0:
         return 0
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def _setEnvironmentVariables(var, value):
     '''
     import os
     import platform
-    if os.environ.has_key(var):
+    if var in os.environ:
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
             os.environ[var] = value + ";" + os.environ[var]
         else: