diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 34dc020d4..4bed1ad8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
       max-parallel: 5
     env:
       python_version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      python_deploy_version: '3.8' # version to use for deployment
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Deploy Information
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == '3.7' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == env.python_deploy_version }}
         run: |
           echo "The HTML NeXus User Manual will be pushed to"
           echo " https://github.com/nexusformat/definitions/tree/gh-pages"
@@ -85,14 +86,14 @@ jobs:
           ls -lAFgh build/manual/build/latex/nexus.pdf
 
       - name: Build and Commit the User Manual
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == '3.7' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == env.python_deploy_version }}
         uses: sphinx-notes/pages@master
         with:
           # path to the conf.py directory
           documentation_path: build/manual/source
 
       - name: Deploy the User Manual
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == '3.7' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy && env.python_version == env.python_deploy_version }}
         uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}