diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3559177..20efb8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -4,24 +4,28 @@ on:
     - master
   pull_request:
 name: Tests
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x]
-        platform: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        go-version: [oldstable, stable]
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install libicu-dev libleveldb-dev librocksdb-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libicu-dev libleveldb-dev
     - name: Install Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
     - name: Test
       run: |
         go version
-        CGO_LDFLAGS="-lrocksdb" go test -race ./...
+        # rocksdb excluded: the archived tecbot/gorocksdb wrapper does not
+        # compile against RocksDB >= 8 as shipped on current runners
+        go test -race $(go list ./... | grep -v /rocksdb)