diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3eb90d50935404fa29137db76f00eae65305193a..8ffc555de890974f6ebbe3a6f0948a0cc52c2886 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stages:
 build:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - module load R/3.6.1-foss-2015a-bare
+    - module load R/4.1.2-foss-2015a-bare
     - module load CDO/1.9.8-foss-2015a
     - R CMD build --resave-data .
     - R CMD check --as-cran --no-manual --run-donttest s2dv_*.tar.gz