diff --git a/zuul.d/system-config-roles.yaml b/zuul.d/system-config-roles.yaml
index 5b830042f6..981cfe7710 100644
--- a/zuul.d/system-config-roles.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/system-config-roles.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     nodeset:
       nodes:
         - name: base
-          label: debian-stretch
+          label: debian-buster
       groups:
         - name: openafs
           nodes: