diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c149186b93d6bfa2e8dd363770bd138b2334f142..96de6c9c4407efd52b4fc02885bde228d9392336 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ Python 2.7:
     reports:
       junit: test/pytest.xml
 
-Python 3.5:
+Python 3.6:
   script:
-  - py_version=3.5
+  - py_version=3.6
   - export 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
   except:
   - tags
   artifacts: