diff --git a/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-collector.sh b/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-collector.sh
index 5506a331a..16b571a43 100644
--- a/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-collector.sh
+++ b/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-collector.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env
 # setting on the jenkins worker, it would be safest to keep the builds from
 # clobbering each other's virtualenvs.
 VENV="venv-${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-virtualenv --python=python3.8 --clear "${VENV}"
+virtualenv --python=python3.11 --clear "${VENV}"
 source "${VENV}/bin/activate"
 
 # Make sure that when we try to write unicode to the console, it
diff --git a/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-driver.sh b/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-driver.sh
index 8e9ac4b13..b643a688c 100644
--- a/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-driver.sh
+++ b/dataeng/resources/user-retirement-driver.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env
 # setting on the jenkins worker, it would be safest to keep the builds from
 # clobbering each other's virtualenvs.
 VENV="venv-${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-virtualenv --python=python3.8 --clear "${VENV}"
+virtualenv --python=python3.11 --clear "${VENV}"
 source "${VENV}/bin/activate"
 
 # Make sure that when we try to write unicode to the console, it