diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-pip.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-pip.yml
index 7e64fd8..8ea84cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-pip.yml
@@ -31,23 +31,22 @@ jobs:
         pytest tests
 
   version-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6]
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        python-version: [ 3.9,  3.11 ]
     name: "Version Check: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install Cookiecutter
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install cookiecutter~=1.7.2
-    - name: Run Version Check
-      run: |
-        python tests/version_check.py --fail
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install Cookiecutter and dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install cookiecutter packaging
+      - name: Run Version Check
+        run: |
+          python tests/version_check.py --fail
diff --git a/tests/version_check.py b/tests/version_check.py
index 95853c3..7a91128 100644
--- a/tests/version_check.py
+++ b/tests/version_check.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     shutil.rmtree(temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
 
 # handle possible issues & give proper return codes
-if b'Python 3.8 or higher' in stdout or b'successfully created' in stdout:
+if b'Python 3.9 or higher' in stdout or b'successfully created' in stdout:
     status = {True: "failed", False: "succeded"}
     if actual_fail == expect_fail:
         print(f"Python {platform.python_version()} {status[expect_fail]} as expected")