diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/app.template.py b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/app.template.py
index cb97ca720ef95..26f118fe230d0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/app.template.py
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/app.template.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 app = core.App()
 %name.PascalCased%Stack(app, "%name%-cdk-1")
 
-app.run()
+app.synth()