diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 89d8835..4705661 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python }} ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", pypy3.8, pypy3.10]
         include:
-          - {python: "2.7", container: python:2.7-stretch, tox3: true}
           - {python: "3.6", os: ubuntu-20.04, tox3: true}
           - {python: "3.7", tox3: true}
           - {python: pypy2.7, tox3: true}
@@ -53,8 +51,27 @@ jobs:
         name: coverage-data
         path: .coverage.*
 
+  test-py27:
+    name: Python 2.7
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: python:2.7-stretch
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+    - name: Install tox3
+      run: pip install 'tox<4' 'virtualenv<20.22.0'
+
+    - name: Test with tox
+      run: tox -e py27
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: coverage-data
+        path: .coverage.*
+
   coverage:
-    needs: tests
+    needs: [tests, test-py27]
     if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: