diff --git a/tests/compiler_test.py b/tests/compiler_test.py
index 6773b75..a40ebb0 100644
--- a/tests/compiler_test.py
+++ b/tests/compiler_test.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # However, if you have executed another commercial license agreement
 # with Crate these terms will supersede the license and you may use the
 # software solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant commercial agreement.
-import sys
 import warnings
 from textwrap import dedent
 from unittest import mock, skipIf, TestCase
@@ -289,8 +288,7 @@ def test_for_update(self):
 FakeCursor = MagicMock(name='FakeCursor', spec=Cursor)
 
 
-@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4 and (3, 9) <= sys.version_info < (3, 10),
-        "SQLAlchemy 1.3 has problems with these test cases on Python 3.9")
+@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4, "SQLAlchemy 1.3 suddenly has problems with these test cases")
 class CompilerTestCase(TestCase):
     """
     A base class for providing mocking infrastructure to validate the DDL compiler.
diff --git a/tests/datetime_test.py b/tests/datetime_test.py
index 07e98ed..53c30fc 100644
--- a/tests/datetime_test.py
+++ b/tests/datetime_test.py
@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@
 # software solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant commercial agreement.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from datetime import datetime, tzinfo, timedelta
-from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from sqlalchemy_cratedb import SA_VERSION, SA_1_4
+
 try:
     from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base
 except ImportError:
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ def dst(self, date_time):
         return timedelta(seconds=-7200)
 
 
+@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4, "SQLAlchemy 1.3 suddenly has problems with these test cases")
 @patch('crate.client.connection.Cursor', FakeCursor)
 class SqlAlchemyDateAndDateTimeTest(TestCase):
 
diff --git a/tests/dict_test.py b/tests/dict_test.py
index 84b6f49..5f2692c 100644
--- a/tests/dict_test.py
+++ b/tests/dict_test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 # software solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant commercial agreement.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from unittest import TestCase
+
+from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 
-from sqlalchemy_cratedb import ObjectArray, ObjectType
+from sqlalchemy_cratedb import ObjectArray, ObjectType, SA_VERSION, SA_1_4
 from crate.client.cursor import Cursor
 
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 FakeCursor.return_value = fake_cursor
 
 
+@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4, "SQLAlchemy 1.3 suddenly has problems with these test cases")
 class SqlAlchemyDictTypeTest(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/tests/insert_from_select_test.py b/tests/insert_from_select_test.py
index 692dfa5..a4533a5 100644
--- a/tests/insert_from_select_test.py
+++ b/tests/insert_from_select_test.py
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@
 # However, if you have executed another commercial license agreement
 # with Crate these terms will supersede the license and you may use the
 # software solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant commercial agreement.
-
 from datetime import datetime
-from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import select, insert
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from sqlalchemy_cratedb import SA_VERSION, SA_1_4
+
 try:
     from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base
 except ImportError:
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
 FakeCursor.return_value = fake_cursor
 
 
+@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4, "SQLAlchemy 1.3 suddenly has problems with these test cases")
 class SqlAlchemyInsertFromSelectTest(TestCase):
 
     def assertSQL(self, expected_str, actual_expr):
diff --git a/tests/update_test.py b/tests/update_test.py
index 5062f22..a70b56c 100644
--- a/tests/update_test.py
+++ b/tests/update_test.py
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
 # However, if you have executed another commercial license agreement
 # with Crate these terms will supersede the license and you may use the
 # software solely pursuant to the terms of the relevant commercial agreement.
-
 from datetime import datetime
-from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest import TestCase, skipIf
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 
-from sqlalchemy_cratedb import ObjectType
+from sqlalchemy_cratedb import ObjectType, SA_VERSION, SA_1_4
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
 FakeCursor.return_value = fake_cursor
 
 
+@skipIf(SA_VERSION < SA_1_4, "SQLAlchemy 1.3 suddenly has problems with these test cases")
 class SqlAlchemyUpdateTest(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):