diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index a2f7552964..bfc58d072a 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   strategy:
     matrix:
       Linux_amd64:
-        vmImage: 'ubuntu-18.04'
+        vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
         CPU: amd64
       # regularly breaks, refs bug #17325
       Linux_i386: