diff --git a/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_22.rst b/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_22.rst
index dfbf9210c..4bc34e2c4 100644
--- a/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_22.rst
+++ b/docs/en_US/release_notes_4_22.rst
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ Bug fixes
 | `Issue #5449 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5449>`_ -  Fixed an issue while comparing the two identical schemas using the schema diff tool.
 | `Issue #5466 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5466>`_ -  Correct ipv4 "all interfaces" address in the container docs, per Frank Limpert.
 | `Issue #5469 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5469>`_ -  Fixed an issue where select2 hover is inconsistent for the SSL field in create server dialog.
-| `Issue #5473 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5473>`_ -  Fixed post-login redirect location when running in server mode under a non-default root.
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+| `Issue #5473 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5473>`_ -  Fixed post-login redirect location when running in server mode under a non-default root.
+| `Issue #5480 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/5480>`_ -  Fixed an issue where the background job creation fails if there is only a version-specific python binary available in PATH.
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diff --git a/web/pgadmin/misc/bgprocess/processes.py b/web/pgadmin/misc/bgprocess/processes.py
index 048ce21c1..f2be19f9d 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/misc/bgprocess/processes.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/misc/bgprocess/processes.py
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ class BatchProcess(object):
             # anyway be the redundant value in paths.
             if not current_app.PGADMIN_RUNTIME:
                 paths.insert(0, os.path.join(u(sys.prefix), u'bin'))
-            interpreter = which(u'python', paths)
+            python_binary_name = 'python{0}'.format(sys.version_info[0]) \
+                if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 else 'python'
+            interpreter = which(u(python_binary_name), paths)
 
         p = None
         cmd = [