diff --git a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-drop.py.tpl b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-drop.py.tpl
index 2f661bccf..55280c618 100644
--- a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-drop.py.tpl
+++ b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-drop.py.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import os
 import sys
-import ConfigParser
+try:
+    import ConfigParser
+except ImportError:
+    import configparser as ConfigParser
 import logging
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 
diff --git a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
index c3a1b6dff..ca0ff5828 100644
--- a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
+++ b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/_db-init.py.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import os
 import sys
-import ConfigParser
+try:
+    import ConfigParser
+except ImportError:
+    import configparser as ConfigParser
 import logging
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine