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Python Text substitute

I need to substitute only comma with dot in string like this:

Code:

<strong>5,4</strong>

but not sure how to do this.
This does not work:

Code:

text = sub('<strong>[0-9](,)[0-9]</strong>', '<strong>[0-9](.)[0-9]</strong>', text)

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Code:

>>> text = "<strong>5,4</strong>"
>>> text = text.replace(',', '.')
>>> text
'<strong>5.4</strong>'

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