diff --git a/.github/workflows/multiperl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/multiperl-test.yml
index 9cf7b731e..233c7b0b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multiperl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multiperl-test.yml
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build archive
       uses: rjbs/dzil-build@main
 
-  perl-versions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: list perl versions
-    outputs:
-      perl-versions: ${{ steps.action.outputs.perl-versions }}
-    steps:
-      - id: action
-        uses: perl-actions/perl-versions@v1
-        with:
-          since-perl: v5.20.0 # does this work?
-          with-devel: false
-
   multiperl-test:
     needs: build-tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        perl-version: [ "devel", "5.38", "5.36", "5.34", "5.32", "5.30", "5.28", "5.26", "5.24", "5.22", "5.20" ]
+        perl-version: ${{ fromJson(needs.build-tarball.outputs.perl-versions) }}
 
     container:
       image: perldocker/perl-tester:${{ matrix.perl-version }}