diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bfed08e..be57b90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -76,3 +76,34 @@ jobs:
       with:
         pytest-coverage-path: pytest-coverage.txt
         junitxml-path: pytest.yml
+
+  test_py36_py37:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7"]
+
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        cache: "pip"
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-github-actions-annotate-failures
+        pip install .[dev]
+
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        (
+          set -o pipefail
+          pytest --junitxml=pytest.yml \
+            --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered --cov=bdpy tests | tee pytest-coverage.txt
+        )
+