diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-gpu.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-gpu.yml
index 18e66b7b5..0e8a9a56f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-gpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-gpu.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        optix: [ optix-7.3.0, optix-7.4.0 optix-7.5.0, optix-7.7.0 ]
+        optix: [ optix-7.5.0, optix-7.7.0, optix-8.0.0 ]
         cuda: [ '11.5.2', '11.6.1', '11.7.0', '12.1.0' ]  # 11.3.0 fails for unclear reasons
         os: [ ubuntu-20.04, windows-latest ]