diff --git a/lib/Connmon.py b/lib/Connmon.py
index ed1ca0502..da9c5e95f 100644
--- a/lib/Connmon.py
+++ b/lib/Connmon.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 import shutil
 
-class Connmon:
+class Connmon(object):
 
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('browbeat.Connmon')
diff --git a/lib/Elastic.py b/lib/Elastic.py
index f32861201..0f38171c0 100644
--- a/lib/Elastic.py
+++ b/lib/Elastic.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sys
 browbeat_uuid = uuid.uuid4()
 
 
-class Elastic:
+class Elastic(object):
 
     """
     """
diff --git a/lib/Grafana.py b/lib/Grafana.py
index d2da4a63c..d545f8779 100644
--- a/lib/Grafana.py
+++ b/lib/Grafana.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import logging
 import subprocess
 
 
-class Grafana:
+class Grafana(object):
 
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('browbeat.Grafana')
diff --git a/lib/Metadata.py b/lib/Metadata.py
index f74dde177..ab1566483 100644
--- a/lib/Metadata.py
+++ b/lib/Metadata.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 
 
-class Metadata:
+class Metadata(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         pass
diff --git a/lib/Tools.py b/lib/Tools.py
index 69ad8caff..b398c7e53 100644
--- a/lib/Tools.py
+++ b/lib/Tools.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 
 
-class Tools:
+class Tools(object):
 
     def __init__(self, config=None):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('browbeat.Tools')
diff --git a/lib/WorkloadBase.py b/lib/WorkloadBase.py
index a6f468708..832e36c21 100644
--- a/lib/WorkloadBase.py
+++ b/lib/WorkloadBase.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import os
 import yaml
 
 
-class WorkloadBase:
+class WorkloadBase(object):
     __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
     logger = logging.getLogger('browbeat.WorkloadBase')
     success = 0