diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index f523cdf95db1a01fe7c65c6a3cf5a892ba6321d9..8e10cf0035d1d77a51d59557ce2f014c5605526c 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-2.7.8"
+DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.9"
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_STACK="cedar"
 PYTHON_EXE="/app/.heroku/python/bin/python"
 PIP_VERSION="1.5.6"