diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 64baa9247..2a4bf8eb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
             image: "ghcr.io/hydrologicengineeringcenter/cwms-database/cwms/database-ready-ora-23.5:latest-dev"
           - env: release
             image: "ghcr.io/hydrologicengineeringcenter/cwms-database/cwms/database-ready-ora-23.5:25.07.01"
+          - env: next-release
+            image: "ghcr.io/hydrologicengineeringcenter/cwms-database/cwms/database-ready-ora-23.5:26.02.17-RC01"
     name: build and test (jdk ${{matrix.jdk}}, schema ${{matrix.schema.env}})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs: