diff --git a/.github/workflows/nestml-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nestml-build.yml
index 288cfcaac..9101603b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nestml-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nestml-build.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        nest_branch: ["v2.20.2", "v3.0", "v3.7", "master"]
+        nest_branch: ["v2.20.2", "v3.0", "v3.8", "master"]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       # Checkout the repository contents
diff --git a/pynestml/codegeneration/nest_tools.py b/pynestml/codegeneration/nest_tools.py
index c4646f5c3..2918e80db 100644
--- a/pynestml/codegeneration/nest_tools.py
+++ b/pynestml/codegeneration/nest_tools.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def detect_nest_version(cls) -> str:
             nest_version = "v2.20.2"
     else:
         nest_version = "v" + nest.__version__
-        if nest_version.startswith("v3.5") or nest_version.startswith("v3.6") or nest_version.startswith("v3.7"):
+        if nest_version.startswith("v3.5") or nest_version.startswith("v3.6") or nest_version.startswith("v3.7") or nest_version.startswith("v3.8"):
             if "post0.dev0" in nest_version:
                 nest_version = "master"
         else: