diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 02fa1de82..cecd2d577 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: |
-            brew install python@3.8
-            python3.8 -m venv env
+            brew install python@3.9
+            python3.9 -m venv env
             source env/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install unittest-xml-reporting