diff --git a/WakaTime.py b/WakaTime.py
index c001119..07445ed 100644
--- a/WakaTime.py
+++ b/WakaTime.py
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ class DownloadPython(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
         log(INFO, 'Downloading embeddable Python...')
 
-        ver = '3.5.2'
+        ver = '3.8.1'
         arch = 'amd64' if platform.architecture()[0] == '64bit' else 'win32'
         url = 'https://www.python.org/ftp/python/{ver}/python-{ver}-embed-{arch}.zip'.format(
             ver=ver,