diff --git a/.github/workflows/check and publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/check and publish.yaml
index 09adf26..8ead906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check and publish.yaml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/check and publish.yaml	
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.9", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
         # pinning macos version because apparently newer versions of macos don't work with lxml
         # https://stackoverflow.com/a/76776773
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-12", "windows-latest"]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.9", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps: