diff --git a/tests/test_verify_build.py b/tests/test_verify_build.py
index 4ba95b77..428dc52c 100644
--- a/tests/test_verify_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_verify_build.py
@@ -1925,6 +1925,8 @@ def test_install_pyinotify_w_latest_pip(pipexec, build, minor_version):
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_unless_on_linux
 def test_install_editable_package(pipexec, pyexec, build, minor_version, tmp_path):
+    if tuple(int(x) for x in minor_version.split(".")) < (3, 11):
+        pytest.skip(reason="saltext-zabbix HEAD requires Python >= 3.11")
     _install_ppbt(pyexec)
     os.chdir(tmp_path)
     env = os.environ.copy()
@@ -1948,6 +1950,8 @@ def test_install_editable_package(pipexec, pyexec, build, minor_version, tmp_pat
 
 @pytest.mark.skip_unless_on_linux
 def test_install_editable_package_in_extras(pipexec, pyexec, build, minor_version, tmp_path):
+    if tuple(int(x) for x in minor_version.split(".")) < (3, 11):
+        pytest.skip(reason="saltext-zabbix HEAD requires Python >= 3.11")
     _install_ppbt(pyexec)
     sitepkgs = pathlib.Path(build) / "lib" / f"python{minor_version}" / "site-packages"