diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 924164ca5f..022a28eab4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: ${{matrix.python-version}}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         apt-get update && apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
@@ -86,9 +86,33 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         make
         python3 -m pip install -e .[dev]
-    - name: Arkouda make check
+    - name: Arkouda unit tests
       run: |
-        make check
+        make test-python
+
+  arkouda_chpl_portability:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        chpl-version: ['1.25.1', '1.26.0', '1.27.0']
+    container:
+      image: chapel/chapel:${{matrix.chpl-version}}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        apt-get update && apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
+        wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
+        apt-get install -y -V ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
+        apt-get update && apt-get install -y libhdf5-dev hdf5-tools libzmq3-dev python3-pip libarrow-dev libparquet-dev
+        echo "\$(eval \$(call add-path,/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial/))" > Makefile.paths
+    - name: Check chpl version
+      run: |
+        chpl --version
+    - name: Build/Install Arkouda
+      run: |
+        make
+        python3 -m pip install -e .[dev]
     - name: Arkouda unit tests
       run: |
         make test-python