diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
index a2b2a22f..b8286abf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtests.yml
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ jobs:
   # github services (for mongodb service) only works on linux
   test-with-mongodb:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.julia-version == '1.11-nightly' }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.julia-version == '1.11-nightly' || matrix.julia-version == 'nightly' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         julia-version:
           - '~1.6.0-0'
           - '~1.10.0-0'
           - '1.11-nightly'
+          - 'nightly'
         os: ['ubuntu-latest']
         cxxwrap: [ '' ]
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
   # this one is only for macos, ubuntu is run with mongodb in the other job
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.julia-version == '1.11-nightly' }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.julia-version == '1.11-nightly' || matrix.julia-version == 'nightly' }}
     env:
       JULIA_PKG_SERVER: ""
     strategy:
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         julia-version:
           - '1.10'
           - '1.11-nightly'
+          - 'nightly'
         os: [ 'macos-14' ] # aarch64
         include:
           - os: 'macos-13' # x86_64
diff --git a/OscarCI.toml b/OscarCI.toml
index 060d8b32..e1e8db73 100644
--- a/OscarCI.toml
+++ b/OscarCI.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ julia-version = [ "~1.6.0-0", "~1.10.0-0"]
   test = true
 
 [include]
-  [include.nightly]
+  [include.111nightly]
   Oscar = "<matching>"
   Polymake = ""
   julia-version = "1.11-nightly"
   os = "ubuntu-latest"
 
+  [include.nightly]
+  Oscar = "<matching>"
+  Polymake = ""
+  julia-version = "nightly"
+  os = "ubuntu-latest"
+
   [include.macamd64lts]
   Oscar = "<matching>"
   Polymake = ""