diff --git a/tests/test_eventbrokers.py b/tests/test_eventbrokers.py
index 3ed309e7c..66796c4b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_eventbrokers.py
+++ b/tests/test_eventbrokers.py
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ def test_asyncpg_broker_from_async_engine() -> None:
 
 
 def test_psycopg_broker_from_async_engine() -> None:
-    pytest.importorskip("psycopg", reason="psycopg is not installed")
+    pytest.importorskip(
+        "psycopg", exc_type=ImportError, reason="psycopg is not installed"
+    )
     from sqlalchemy import URL
     from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine