diff --git a/utility/install_os_gitlab.sh b/utility/install_os_gitlab.sh
index 8f0e0465..8f1e9f69 100755
--- a/utility/install_os_gitlab.sh
+++ b/utility/install_os_gitlab.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Install OS dependencies for Docker image python:3.8 used in Gitlab CI
+# Install OS dependencies for Docker image python used in Gitlab CI
 
 echo "***********************************************"
 echo "Apt-get update"
diff --git a/utility/install_python.sh b/utility/install_python.sh
index d74cf554..2cab6db3 100755
--- a/utility/install_python.sh
+++ b/utility/install_python.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 echo "***********************************************"
-echo "Installing Python 3.8"
+echo "Installing Python 3.11"
 echo "***********************************************"
 add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 apt-get -y update
-apt-get -y install python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv
-curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo -H python3.8
+apt-get -y install python3.11 python3.11-dev python3.11-venv
+curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo -H python3.11