diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20c05a92ecb729..0be4c6b3c3a006 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ def write_version(filename=os.path.join(*[my_dir, "airflow", "git_version"])):
     'hvac~=0.10',
 ]
 hdfs = [
-    'snakebite>=2.7.8',
+    'snakebite>=2.7.8;python_version<"3.0"',
+    'snakebite-py3;python_version>="3.0"'
 ]
 hive = [
     'hmsclient>=0.1.0',