diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index 2ab25ac97..e67b9ee6c 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ case $OS in
         TOR_PKG=tor
         TOR_USER=_tor
         TOR_GROUP=_tor
-        CERTBOT_PKG=py38-certbot
+        CERTBOT_PKG=py39-certbot
     ;;
 
     Debian)
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ DEBIAN_PKG+=(nodejs npm mariadb-server nginx-core python-certbot-nginx rsync ufw
 # packages needed for mempool ecosystem
 FREEBSD_PKG=()
 FREEBSD_PKG+=(zsh sudo git screen curl wget calc neovim)
-FREEBSD_PKG+=(openssh-portable py38-pip rust llvm90 jq base64 libzmq4)
+FREEBSD_PKG+=(openssh-portable py39-pip rust llvm90 jq base64 libzmq4)
 FREEBSD_PKG+=(boost-libs autoconf automake gmake gcc libevent libtool pkgconf)
-FREEBSD_PKG+=(nginx rsync py38-certbot-nginx mariadb105-server keybase)
+FREEBSD_PKG+=(nginx rsync py39-certbot-nginx mariadb105-server keybase)
 
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 ##### utility functions #####