diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 8a5158b07048e7b9e6555cccf7c7d2d57433661d..d345b131f953140c8e2702d930ae95ec1fdfc622 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ENV_DIR=$3
 VIRTUALENV_LOC=".heroku/venv"
 LEGACY_TRIGGER="lib/python2.7"
 
-DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.10"
+DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.11"
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_STACK="cedar"
 PYTHON_EXE="/app/.heroku/python/bin/python"
 PIP_VERSION="7.1.2"