diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d8a2880adfd4a9ef104e60e1aebe553c1f18e72e..501f20cbfeb3d1d0208d4618953f57067a9fea02 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ build:gcc9:opt:python3:
   variables:
     BINARY_TAG: x86_64-centos7-gcc9-opt
     BUILDDIR: build-opt-python3
-    HEPTOOLS_VERSION: 96bpython3
+    HEPTOOLS_VERSION: 97python3
   script:
     - ci-utils/build
   artifacts: