diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8eace92..750e466 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ jobs:
         # systems
         include:
           - runner: ubuntu-latest
-            # v5.8.8 is the earliest known to work
-            perl: '5.8.8'
+            # v5.10.1 is the earliest known to work
+            # This used to be 5.8.8, but the latest edition of HTML::Tagset (an
+            # indirect dependency) requires 5.10
+            perl: '5.10.1'
           - runner: macos-latest
-            # v5.8.8 is the earliest known to work
-            perl: '5.8.8'
+            # v5.10.1 is the earliest known to work
+            # This used to be 5.8.8, but the latest edition of HTML::Tagset (an
+            # indirect dependency) requires 5.10
+            perl: '5.10.1'
           - runner: windows-latest
             # v5.26.8 is the earliest known to work
             perl: '5.26.0'