diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing_environment.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing_environment.rst
index 5f36a2a609c9f..b28f7c833d7ad 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing_environment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing_environment.rst
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Consult the docs for setting up pyenv `here <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv>`__.
    pyenv virtualenv <version> <name-to-give-it>
 
    # For instance:
-   pyenv virtualenv 3.7.6 pandas-dev
+   pyenv virtualenv 3.9.10 pandas-dev
 
    # Activate the virtualenv
    pyenv activate pandas-dev