diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 5127eda..d204228 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -322,4 +322,4 @@ INSTALL_FAIL2BAN=true
 
 # Available installer: repo | source.
 FAIL2BAN_INSTALLER="source"
-FAIL2BAN_VERSION="0.11.2"
+FAIL2BAN_VERSION="1.0.2"
diff --git a/scripts/install_fail2ban.sh b/scripts/install_fail2ban.sh
index d88f24d..143afb2 100755
--- a/scripts/install_fail2ban.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_fail2ban.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ function init_fail2ban_install() {
                     run wget "${fail2ban_download_link}" -O fail2ban.tar.gz  && \
                     run tar -zxf fail2ban.tar.gz && \
                     run cd fail2ban-*/ && \
+                    # Convert to Python3 codebase
+                    run ./fail2ban-2to3 && \
                     run python setup.py install && \
                     run cp files/debian-initd /etc/init.d/fail2ban && \
                     run update-rc.d fail2ban defaults