diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
index 1f92160c..d69fc750 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
             tag_deps: >-
               swig3
               python-devel
-          - cfg: { os: centos, tag: latest }
+          - cfg: { os: centos, tag: 8 }
             pkg_mgr: dnf
             conf_pkg: >
               sed -i -e "s|mirrorlist=|#mirrorlist=|g" -e "s|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g" /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-* &&