diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 856e7fdabe84c98c1704282bddebb979842644b2..70880e25702de8bc46e38338afe50ce9e8404f99 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   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/dseries.git