diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1d9a64501a176afc20ba7235e4546d7cf8840f4e..690e2040296033a7852b236249e25777302ca6a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ stages:
 default:
   tags: [docker]
 
-image: rocker/r-ver:latest
+image: rocker/verse:devel
 
 variables:
   CACHE_CI: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/ci"