diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index b14c6ea91..dd362d7f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         conda create --yes -n test python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
         source activate test
         conda install --yes numpy scipy nose pyparsing requests
-        if [[ ${{ matrix.python-version }} == "2.8" ]]; then conda install --yes unittest2; fi
+        if [[ ${{ matrix.python-version }} == "2.7" ]]; then conda install --yes unittest2; fi
         pip install mmtf-python
         pip install .
         python setup.py build_ext --inplace --force