diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 1b40fa0..ec6aeda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@ jobs:
   latest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade cython
         pip install -r pip-requirements.txt
     - name: run tests
       run: |
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ jobs:
 # have to copy steps from above, as anchors are currently
 # not supported by github workflow (Jan 2020).
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies