diff --git a/testing/test_doctest.py b/testing/test_doctest.py
index 828253d3223..2f73feb8c4b 100644
--- a/testing/test_doctest.py
+++ b/testing/test_doctest.py
@@ -223,7 +223,11 @@ def test_doctest_unexpected_exception(self, pytester: Pytester):
                 "Traceback (most recent call last):",
                 '  File "*/doctest.py", line *, in __run',
                 "    *",
-                *((" *^^^^*",) if sys.version_info >= (3, 11) else ()),
+                *(
+                    (" *^^^^*",)
+                    if (3, 11, 0, "beta", 4) > sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
+                    else ()
+                ),
                 '  File "<doctest test_doctest_unexpected_exception.txt[1]>", line 1, in <module>',
                 "ZeroDivisionError: division by zero",
                 "*/test_doctest_unexpected_exception.txt:2: UnexpectedException",
diff --git a/testing/test_main.py b/testing/test_main.py
index 2df51bb7bb9..71597626790 100644
--- a/testing/test_main.py
+++ b/testing/test_main.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def pytest_internalerror(excrepr, excinfo):
 
     end_lines = (
         result.stdout.lines[-4:]
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
+        if (3, 11, 0, "beta", 4) > sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
         else result.stdout.lines[-3:]
     )
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def pytest_internalerror(excrepr, excinfo):
             'INTERNALERROR>     raise SystemExit("boom")',
             *(
                 ("INTERNALERROR>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^",)
-                if sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
+                if (3, 11, 0, "beta", 4) > sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
                 else ()
             ),
             "INTERNALERROR> SystemExit: boom",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def pytest_internalerror(excrepr, excinfo):
             'INTERNALERROR>     raise ValueError("boom")',
             *(
                 ("INTERNALERROR>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^",)
-                if sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
+                if (3, 11, 0, "beta", 4) > sys.version_info >= (3, 11)
                 else ()
             ),
             "INTERNALERROR> ValueError: boom",