diff --git a/test/integ/test_vendored_urllib.py b/test/integ/test_vendored_urllib.py
index 3d6f27f9b..24441bff2 100644
--- a/test/integ/test_vendored_urllib.py
+++ b/test/integ/test_vendored_urllib.py
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ def _execute_request():
         return resp
 
     _execute_request()
-    try:
+
+    major_version = int(urllib3.__version__.split(".")[0])
+
+    if major_version < 2:
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="file descriptor cannot be a negative"):
+            _execute_request()
+    else:
+        # In case of urllib3 version >= 2, just execute the request without expecting an error
         _execute_request()
-    except ValueError as e:
-        if "file descriptor cannot be a negative" in str(e):
-            raise AssertionError(
-                "Second _execute_request failed. See linked github issue comment"
-            )
-        else:
-            raise e