diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
index 92f42bd90d64..13e26f7d452a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
+  pythonAtLeast,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   substituteAll,
   gdb,
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         }
       )'';
 
+  # Disable tests for unmaintained versions of python
+  doCheck = pythonAtLeast "3.11";
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     ## Used to run the tests:
     pytestCheckHook