diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index cda29d1..4e8fa2d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.8'
           - '1' # automatically expands to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest