diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8e6b7012..bd89e2f2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ R latest:
     
     
 R devel:
-    image: rocker/r-ver:3.5 # rocker/r-base
+    image: rocker/r-ver:devel # rocker/r-base
     stage: build
     allow_failure: true
     script: