diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.13.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.13.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3adb375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.13.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: macos build
+
+# workflow dispatch has been added for testing purposes
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ["macos-latest"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+      - name: Install spare scores
+        run: |
+          python -m pip cache purge
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install setuptools twine wheel
+          python -m pip install .
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: |
+          pip install pytest pytest-cov
+          cd tests/unit && pytest --cov=../../
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.8.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.9.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from .github/workflows/macos-tests-3.8.yml
rename to .github/workflows/macos-tests-3.9.yml
index 08c3735..0c3cfd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-tests-3.9.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: macos tests python=3.8
+name: macos tests python=3.9
 
 # workflow dispatch has been added for testing purposes
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Set-up miniconda for macos and ubuntu
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           miniconda-version: "latest"
       - name: Create conda env
         run: conda create -n spare python=3.8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.13.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.13.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64dd4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.13.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: ubuntu build
+
+# workflow dispatch has been added for testing purposes
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+      - name: Install spare scores
+        run: |
+          python -m pip cache purge
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install setuptools twine wheel
+          python -m pip install .
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: |
+          cd tests/unit && python -m unittest discover -s . -p "*.py"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.8.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.9.yml
similarity index 91%
rename from .github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.8.yml
rename to .github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.9.yml
index 0c6b9ba..68b81ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-tests-3.9.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: ubuntu build python=3.8
+name: ubuntu build python=3.9
 
 # workflow dispatch has been added for testing purposes
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Install spare scores
         run: |
           python -m pip cache purge