diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_fast.yml b/.github/workflows/test_fast.yml
index d0bff50326d..49f2f44b51f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_fast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_fast.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # Don't let a failed MacOS run stop the Ubuntu runs
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest']
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3']
         include:
           - os: 'macos-latest'
             python-version: '3.7'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_functional.yml b/.github/workflows/test_functional.yml
index 75dac06a964..baaad6b61f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_functional.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_functional.yml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
         # NOTE: includes must define ALL of the matrix values
         include:
           # latest python
-          - name: 'py-3.11'
+          - name: 'py-3-latest'
             os: 'ubuntu-latest'
-            python-version: '3.11'
+            python-version: '3'
             test-base: 'tests/f'
             chunk: '1/4'
             platform: '_local_background*'