diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 70993e4d..9845c35c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 271e3e39..8243ce87 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ aiohttp==3.9.5
 appdirs==1.4.4
 async-timeout==4.0.3
 cachetools==5.3.3
+cffi==v1.17.0rc1 # remove this once v1.17.0 is out
 chardet==5.2.0
 gidgethub==5.3.0
 multidict==6.0.5