diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3c79867a..eccebd83 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stages:
   variables:
     BUILD_OS: freebsd
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: "13.0"
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: 'meson ninja pkgconf libpciaccess libpthread-stubs py38-docutils cairo'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_PACKAGES: 'meson ninja pkgconf libpciaccess libpthread-stubs py39-docutils cairo'
     # bump this tag every time you change something which requires rebuilding the
     # base image
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: "2021-11-10.1"