diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebooks_test.yml b/.github/workflows/notebooks_test.yml
index 506991ce8..5b61bf8d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebooks_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebooks_test.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: '! github.event.pull_request.draft'
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'    
+        python-version: '3.11'    
     - name: Install modelskill
       run: |
         pip install .[test,notebooks]