diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 11d2b50a723109e1e41a1935aba6d891a8ba0f67..03cac927d1dd3b968c25bbe63f0df8602e29bf23 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
 # https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python/tags/
-image: python:3.8
+image: python:3.9
 
 stages:
   - test