diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index f4cf7f57..e21724a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+      include:
+        # Explicitly include Python 3.8 and 3.9 only with Django 4
+        - python-version: "3.8"
+          django-version: "4"
+        - python-version: "3.9"
+          django-version: "4"
+          # Define the general matrix for Python with Django 
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         django-version: ["4", "5"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4