diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 22a278b22eed685f8a561c179685e3c139acd58f..9e95bff6627a422245910298e4e93f0b1f899b99 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test_opam_test:
 release:
   before_script:
     - yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-  image: node:8
+  image: node:12
   only:
     - master
   script: