diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42ea0367d..254cb51dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scalecodec==1.2.11",
     "typer>=0.16",
     "bittensor-wallet>=3.0.7",
+    "packaging",
     "plotille>=5.0.0",
     "plotly>=6.0.0",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/e2e_tests/utils.py b/tests/e2e_tests/utils.py
index a2a87e48b..b8b729b3e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e_tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/e2e_tests/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import importlib
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
@@ -6,10 +7,12 @@
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 
-from bittensor_cli.cli import CLIManager
 from bittensor_wallet import Keypair, Wallet
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version, Version
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 
+from bittensor_cli.cli import CLIManager
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from async_substrate_interface.async_substrate import AsyncSubstrateInterface
 
@@ -55,7 +58,10 @@ def exec_command(
                             extra_args.extend(["--network", "ws://127.0.0.1:9945"])
 
         # Capture stderr separately from stdout
-        runner = CliRunner()
+        if parse_version(importlib.metadata.version("click")) < Version("8.2.0"):
+            runner = CliRunner(mix_stderr=False)
+        else:
+            runner = CliRunner()
         # Prepare the command arguments
         args = [
             command,