diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 61c5f6b572a54e57a391fc5d0cc41ba35d53775b..9d562ade0598dc9c7aa2fcfb6ca24bfabe7fe341 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ENV_DIR=$3
 VIRTUALENV_LOC=".heroku/venv"
 LEGACY_TRIGGER="lib/python2.7"
 
-DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.12"
+DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION="python-2.7.13"
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_STACK="cedar-14"
 PYTHON_EXE="/app/.heroku/python/bin/python"
 PIP_VERSION="9.0.1"