diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 4e6faf88..82c0e8c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ jobs:
             python-version: 3.6
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
             python-version: 3.7
-          - os: macos-latest
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
             python-version: 3.8
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: "3.12"
           - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
+            python-version: "3.10"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -64,6 +62,13 @@ jobs:
     # package setup
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    # only where prebuilt wheels do not exist
+    # - name: Install LXML dependencies
+    #   if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13-dev' }}
+    #   run: |
+    #     sudo apt-get update
+    #     sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: python -m pip install -e "."