diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ff7fcbd327d17f9e897f565b8064c3e86a27ebdc..34f50cb78ee4798d6d5a0b23f4ec94af9ec2502b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ variables:
   TERM: linux
   MATLAB_VERSION: R2020b
   OLD_MATLAB_VERSION: R2014a
-  OCTAVE_VERSION: 5.2.0
+  OCTAVE_VERSION: 6.2.0
 
 before_script:
   - git clone https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/m-unit-tests