diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3e80c094b6e..ded59fc6b20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         version:
           - '1.6'
-          - '1' # automatically expands to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia
+          - '1'
+          - '~1.8.0-0'
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
         arch: