diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b12687a34..5b93cb317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         python: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         imgui_dep: ["imgui", ""]
         notebook_dep: ["notebook", ""]
+        pygfx_version: ["pygfx-release", "pygfx-main"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update -y -qq
         sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y ffmpeg libegl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-xfixes0-dev mesa-vulkan-drivers xorg-dev
     - name: Install pygx from main
+      if: ${{ matrix.pygfx_version == 'pygfx-main' }}
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
         # remove pygfx from install_requires, we install using pygfx@main