diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ee86a017e..6f457adc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         version:
-          - '1.6'
           - '1' # automatically expands to the latest stable 1.x release of Julia.
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest