diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 9c72aa1980f82733c1c5ffe85ec4cac158352d66..be7ef5355473085bdfcd2b18445d3c365ad7e192 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ VIRTUALENV_LOC=".heroku/venv"
 LEGACY_TRIGGER="lib/python2.7"
 PROFILE_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/.profile.d/python.sh"
 
-DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.7"
+DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.8"
 PYTHON_EXE="/app/.heroku/python/bin/python"
 PIP_VERSION="1.5.6"
 SETUPTOOLS_VERSION="3.6"