diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3740513..af37ac7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           - '1.0'
           - '1.6'
           - '1' # automatically expands to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia
-          - nightly
+          - 'pre'
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
         arch: