diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ac8492d7..6a6fe93e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: 
-          - "3.6"
+        python-version:
           - "3.7"
           - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
+          - "3.11"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/cairosvg/features.py b/cairosvg/features.py
index 199a1a0e..b47dacf3 100644
--- a/cairosvg/features.py
+++ b/cairosvg/features.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import locale
 
 ROOT = 'http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/feature'
-LOCALE = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0] or ''
+LOCALE = locale.getlocale()[0] or ''
 SUPPORTED_FEATURES = frozenset((
     ROOT + '#' + feature for feature in (
         'SVG',