diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
index 143f711..14f87b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14-dev']
+        python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13, macos-latest]
         tox_env: ['py']
         include:
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ jobs:
           - python: '3.13'
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: 'build'
+          - python: '3.14-dev'
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            tox_env: 'py'
         exclude:
           # macos-14 AKA macos-latest has switched to being an ARM runner, only supporting newer versions of Python
           # https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/825#issuecomment-2096792396
@@ -78,6 +81,11 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
         architecture: 'x64'
         cache: 'pip'
+    - name: Install system dependencies (Linux only)
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update -qqq
+        sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev
     - name: install dependencies
       run: |
         python -mpip install --progress-bar=off -r test-requirements.txt