diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2394b4097f3..a4b01023d8e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 os: linux
 dist: focal
 language: python
-python: 3.8
+python: 3.9-dev
 cache: pip
 before_install: pip install --upgrade pip setuptools six
 install: pip install black flake8