diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
index be40c7c71..9e62b8e23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-ubuntu.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ jobs:
         - python-version: "3.10"
           env:
             TOXENV: asyncio
+        - python-version: "3.11.0-rc.2"
+          env:
+            TOXENV: py
+        - python-version: "3.11.0-rc.2"
+          env:
+            TOXENV: asyncio
         - python-version: pypy3
           env:
             TOXENV: pypy3
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Install system libraries
-      if: matrix.python-version == 'pypy3' || contains(matrix.env.TOXENV, 'pinned') || matrix.python-version == '3.10.0-beta.4'
+      if: matrix.python-version == 'pypy3' || contains(matrix.env.TOXENV, 'pinned') || matrix.python-version == '3.11.0-rc.2'
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         # libxml2 2.9.12 from ondrej/php PPA breaks lxml so we pin it to the bionic-updates repo version