diff --git a/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts b/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
index e96e5e7fa8..6d9573bae9 100644
--- a/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/notebook/src/jupyter/jupyterSessionManager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { EOL } from 'os';
 import * as utils from '../common/utils';
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@ export class JupyterSession implements nb.ISession {
 				code: doNotCallChangeEndpointParams
 			}, true);
 			await future.done;
+
+			future = this.sessionImpl.kernel.requestExecute({
+				code: `%%configure -f${EOL}{"conf": {"spark.pyspark.python": "python3"}}`
+			}, true);
+			await future.done;
 		}
 	}