diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80dae3a6bc3475897ecbdd4c5d485f39bea7aa53..61a1fdbc562eb18e07de7f6bed6f3ccc27be10ac 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   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/dseries.git