diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 20ccbb6f..29637296 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ include:
 stages:
   - Formatter
   - test
+  - AdditionalTests
   - Deploy
 
 formatter:
@@ -25,9 +26,10 @@ formatter:
 pylint:
   stage: Formatter
   needs: []
-  script:
+  before_script:
     - pip install pylint pylint-exit anybadge
     - pip install -e .[dev]
+  script:
     - mkdir ./pylint
     - pylint ./bec_widgets --output-format=text --output=./pylint/pylint.log | tee ./pylint/pylint.log || pylint-exit $?
     - PYLINT_SCORE=$(sed -n 's/^Your code has been rated at \([-0-9.]*\)\/.*/\1/p' ./pylint/pylint.log)
@@ -87,6 +89,35 @@ tests:
       junit: report.xml
       cobertura: coverage.xml
 
+#tests-3.9-pyqt5: #todo enable when we decide what qt distributions we want to support
+#  extends: "tests"
+#  stage: AdditionalTests
+#  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.9
+#  script:
+#    - apt-get update
+#    - apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3
+#    - pip install .[dev,pyqt5]
+#    - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
+
+tests-3.10:
+  extends: "tests"
+  stage: AdditionalTests
+  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
+  allow_failure: true
+
+
+tests-3.11:
+  extends: "tests"
+  stage: AdditionalTests
+  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.11
+  allow_failure: true
+
+tests-3.12:
+  extends: "tests"
+  stage: AdditionalTests
+  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.12
+  allow_failure: true
+
 
 semver:
   stage: Deploy
@@ -111,7 +142,7 @@ semver:
       semantic-release publish -v DEBUG 
       -D version_variable=./setup.py:__version__  
       -D hvcs=gitlab 
-      
+
   allow_failure: false
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"'