diff --git a/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh b/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
index 0ed6a2965e6..e9f494310d6 100755
--- a/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/python/test_packages.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PYTHON=$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/python
 
 function validate_wheel_hashes() {
   for file in "$@"; do
-    "$PYTHON" -m wheel unpack "$file" --dest-dir /tmp || return 1
+    "$PYTHON" -m wheel unpack "$file" -d /tmp || return 1
   done
   return 0
 }