diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9c303abcdb3e46e9e55a4a5859d768766bf1096a..5d1ba29917f4ab96e42e18e0a1bb8b3e8bcf83cc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version: 2
 jobs:
   build:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/python:3.6.7-stretch-node
+      - image: circleci/python:3.6.8-stretch-node
         environment:
           DATABASE_URL: postgresql://root@localhost/opentech?sslmode=disable
           PGHOST: localhost
diff --git a/runtime.txt b/runtime.txt
index 34b35b713f56868abc889d5798cab36939bec38f..9fbd3bf0a8cbd237fdc16f03556d84baf76522be 100644
--- a/runtime.txt
+++ b/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-python-3.6.7
+python-3.6.8