diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d7148acfc..5d8c7f5f3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ Rafal Semik
 Raquel Alegre
 Ravi Chandra
 Reagan Lee
+Reilly Brogan
 Robert Holt
 Roberto Aldera
 Roberto Polli
diff --git a/changelog/12244.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12244.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b348f35e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/12244.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a test failure with `test_empty_NO_COLOR_and_FORCE_COLOR_ignored` when `TERM=dumb`
diff --git a/testing/io/test_terminalwriter.py b/testing/io/test_terminalwriter.py
index afa8d5cae..d4b4786dd 100644
--- a/testing/io/test_terminalwriter.py
+++ b/testing/io/test_terminalwriter.py
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ def test_NO_COLOR_and_FORCE_COLOR(
     monkeypatch.setitem(os.environ, "FORCE_COLOR", FORCE_COLOR)
     assert_color(expected)
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.environ["TERM"] == "dumb" or "NO_COLOR" in os.environ,
+    reason="dumb terminals can't handle color"
+    )
 def test_empty_NO_COLOR_and_FORCE_COLOR_ignored(monkeypatch: MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setitem(os.environ, "NO_COLOR", "")
     monkeypatch.setitem(os.environ, "FORCE_COLOR", "")