diff --git a/azure-pipelines-release.yml b/azure-pipelines-release.yml
index e3a95319..44942894 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-release.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       steps:
           - task: UsePythonVersion@0
             inputs:
-                versionSpec: '3.6'
+                versionSpec: '3.7'
           - download: DurablePyCI
           - script: "rm -r ./azure_functions_durable/_manifest"
             displayName: 'Remove _manifest folder'
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 373e221e..edfdddec 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ trigger:
     - v*
 
 variables:     
-  python.version: '3.6'
+  python.version: '3.7'
   baseFolder: .
   componentArtifactName: 'azure_functions_durable'
   #componentArtifactName: 'dist'