diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_with_pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/test_with_pytest.yml
index 7a345c7f..9d1208ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_with_pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_with_pytest.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]  # Test on multiple Python versions
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]  # Test on multiple Python versions
     
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
 
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          # until saxonche is available in 3.13
-          # https://saxonica.plan.io/issues/6561
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Display Python version
         run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"