diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d0a6c1b004d2d1751df3fc040ccd5a9e83071e92..015a450f8b7affd3c9630df0af54e466e310fa49 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ Python 2.7:
     reports:
       junit: test/pytest.xml
 
-Python 3.5:
+Python 3.6:
   script:
-  - py_version=3.5
+  - py_version=3.6
   - EXTRA_INSTALL=numpy
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
   tags:
-  - python3.5
+  - python3.6
   - gfortran
   except:
   - tags