diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a9685f2b73f14a966e3fd56a1e4c920e4dfb5575..b84debd2d57157d8473e2a291bc29b6b0c21a13e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim:ff=unix ts=2 sw=2 ai expandtab
 ---
 language: python
-python: "3.6"
+python: "3.8"
 dist: bionic
 cache:
   pip: true