diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 58dc4fe39551889c5ce90242d5ee73a881153ce0..7e0bec7d0b7bc4243d624bc465f5df23d19497fd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ variables:
   TERM: linux
   MATLAB_VERSION: R2022a
   OLD_MATLAB_VERSION: R2014a
-  OCTAVE_VERSION: 6.4.0
+  OCTAVE_VERSION: 7.1.0
 
 before_script:
   - git clone https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/m-unit-tests