diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index 2e3445353..23c4094d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Build and test dist files
         run: |
+          if [ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" == "3.13" ]; then 
+            export PIP_PRE=1
+          fi
           export LIBMONGOCRYPT_VERSION=$(cat ./libmongocrypt-version.txt)
           git fetch origin $LIBMONGOCRYPT_VERSION
           bash ./release.sh
diff --git a/bindings/python/requirements-test.txt b/bindings/python/requirements-test.txt
index 38d08f760..710c0bed8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/requirements-test.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ pytest>=7.0
 unasync
 respx
 setuptools
-cffi>=1.17.0rc1;python_version=="3.13"