diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 9196dcd..6b89538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           - { distribution: strawberry, perl-version: "5.14" }
           - { distribution: strawberry, perl-version: "5.34" }
           - { distribution: strawberry, perl-version: "5.36" }
+          - { distribution: strawberry, perl-version: "5.40.0" }
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name:  on ${{ matrix.os }} perl ${{ matrix.perl-version }}
     steps: