diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 0b423a6..5702a21 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -6673,7 +6673,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   vi_cv_var_python3_version=`
-          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[:3])'`
+          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))'`
 
 fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $vi_cv_var_python3_version" >&5
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index cc8d61f..2db0449 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@
     dnl -- get its version number
     AC_CACHE_CHECK(Python version,vi_cv_var_python3_version,
     [[vi_cv_var_python3_version=`
-          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[:3])'`
+          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))'`
     ]])
 
     dnl -- it must be at least version 3
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index d593a22..ca18b67 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2876,
+/**/
     2875,
 /**/
     2874,