diff --git a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
index c79030cd5..78f777718 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_excinfo.py
@@ -1472,7 +1472,6 @@ def test_no_recursion_index_on_recursion_error():
     assert "maximum recursion" in str(excinfo.getrepr())
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 11), reason="requires python3.11 or higher")
 def test_exceptiongroup(pytester: Pytester) -> None:
     pytester.makepyfile(
         """
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 93c390ffc..fd2ff1ba1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ setenv =
 extras = testing
 deps =
     doctesting: PyYAML
+    exceptiongroup: exceptiongroup>=1.0.0
     numpy: numpy>=1.19.4
     pexpect: pexpect>=4.8.0
     pluggymain: pluggy @ git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy.git