diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/defaults/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/defaults/main.yaml
index 7463d699bb..fc683be29c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gerrit_run_init: false
 gerrit_run_init_dev_mode: false
 gerrit_run_reindex: false
 gerrit_packed_git_open_files: 4096
-gerrit_container_image: docker.io/opendevorg/gerrit:3.8
+gerrit_container_image: docker.io/opendevorg/gerrit:3.9
 gerrit_container_volumes:
   - /home/gerrit2/.launchpadlib:/var/gerrit/.launchpadlib
   - /home/gerrit2/.ssh:/var/gerrit/.ssh