diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
index 036d714..f51f971 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/python3-dir.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON_BASEVERSION = "3.8"
+PYTHON_BASEVERSION = "3.9"
 PYTHON_ABI = ""
 PYTHON_DIR = "python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
 PYTHON_PN = "python3"