# How to specifiy 1.8-beta in CI.yaml

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specifiy-1-8-beta-in-ci-yaml/79339>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, ci\
**Created:** [April 11, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specifiy-1-8-beta-in-ci-yaml/79339 "2022-04-11T09:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specifiy-1-8-beta-in-ci-yaml/79339/1 "2022-04-11T09:44:17Z")

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I have the following in my CI.yaml file:

```
  matrix:
    version:
      - '1.6'
      - '1'
      - 'nightly'
    os:
      - ubuntu-latest

```

But how can I specify testing on 1.8-beta instead of ‘nightly’?

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specifiy-1-8-beta-in-ci-yaml/79339/2 "2022-04-11T09:50:25Z")

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See [julia-actions/setup-julia#julia-versions](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia#julia-versions).

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specifiy-1-8-beta-in-ci-yaml/79339/3 "2022-04-11T11:43:00Z")

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So ~1.8.0-beta3 would pick up 1.8.0-beta3 and any newer 1.8.x version including the release candidates?