diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a2c2e0fe..01f8a0d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         version:
           - '1.3' 
+          - '1.6' 
           - '1' # automatically expands to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia.
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest