diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7ce461ba6090a25beb3eb1d12cd1638b0f0153b9..50f728991b9a33518dddfbb7ba8560a265543261 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 variables:
   TERM: linux
-  JULIA_VERSION: 1.5.4
+  JULIA_VERSION: 1.6.0
   JULIA: /usr/local/julia/$JULIA_VERSION/bin/julia
 
 stages: