diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f8f20eb..7e8c229 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ workflows:
   all-tests:
     jobs:
       - test:
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              python-version: ["3.5", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
+          <<: *version-matrix
       - license-scan:
-          matrix:
+          matrix:  # different version matrix as pip-licenses has no whitelisting on Python 3.5
             parameters:
               python-version: [ "3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9" ]