diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e125150d..cc8df4fb 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 20.8b1
     hooks:
     - id: black
-      language_version: python3.7
+      language_version: python3.9
       exclude: '(src/lumigo_opentelemetry/external/.*|src/test/integration/grpcio/app/helloworld_pb2.*)'
       additional_dependencies: ['click==8.0.4']