diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index c0448217..266ea4c3 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     name: deckhand-single-node
     nodes:
       - name: primary
-        label: ubuntu-xenial
+        label: ubuntu-bionic
 
 - job:
     name: deckhand-tox-py27-postgresql