diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d4c67f8..1063984 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        # python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        # skip versions 3.10, 3.11 as they are in between and should have nothing unique to them
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.12", "3.13"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3