diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
index 12ea903..0cf22bf 100755
--- a/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import datetime
 import enum
 
-if platform.python_version_tuple()<('3','6','0'):
+if tuple(int(i) for i in platform.python_version_tuple())<(3,6,0):
     print('requires python >= 3.6')
     quit(1)