diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 18d7b30dd572e8e954e264496c9e730fd797c744..f391d12bf46a86eea1111e359955c2e319cab38a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ build_r:
         R_VERSION: [
            "3.6.3",
            "4.2.3", 
-           "4.3.1", 
+           "4.3.1",
+           "4.4.0" 
         ]
         UBUNTU_VERSION: [
            "jammy",