diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
index e2e6ec0..87c561d 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import sys
 import textwrap
 import unittest
 
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from traitlets.config.loader import Config
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ from IPython.core.completer import (
     CompletionContext,
 )
 
+from packaging.version import parse
+
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test functions
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -531,7 +537,11 @@ class TestCompleter(unittest.TestCase):
             c = next(completions)  # should be `%time` or similar
         assert c.type == "magic", "Type of magic was not assigned by completer"
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Known failure on jedi<=0.18.0")
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        parse(version("jedi")) <= parse("0.18.0"),
+        reason="Known failure on jedi<=0.18.0",
+        strict=True,
+    )
     def test_deduplicate_completions(self):
         """
         Test that completions are correctly deduplicated (even if ranges are not the same)
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_debugger.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_debugger.py
index 82c57b2..b22be92 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_debugger.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_debugger.py
@@ -447,6 +447,11 @@ def test_decorator_skip_disabled():
     child.close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    sys.version_info.releaselevel not in ("final", "candidate"),
+    reason="fails on 3.13.dev",
+    strict=True,
+)
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy", reason="issues on PyPy")
 @skip_win32
 def test_decorator_skip_with_breakpoint():
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_oinspect.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_oinspect.py
index 8d65941..3decb8b 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_oinspect.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_oinspect.py
@@ -488,7 +488,12 @@ def test_pinfo_docstring_if_detail_and_no_source():
             ip._inspect('pinfo', 'foo.bar', detail_level=1)
 
 
-def test_pinfo_docstring_dynamic():
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    sys.version_info.releaselevel not in ("final", "candidate"),
+    reason="fails on 3.13.dev",
+    strict=True,
+)
+def test_pinfo_docstring_dynamic(capsys):
     obj_def = """class Bar:
     __custom_documentations__ = {
      "prop" : "cdoc for prop",
@@ -509,20 +514,25 @@ def test_pinfo_docstring_dynamic():
 
     ip.run_cell("b = Bar()")
 
-    with AssertPrints("Docstring:   cdoc for prop"):
-        ip.run_line_magic("pinfo", "b.prop")
+    ip.run_line_magic("pinfo", "b.prop")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Docstring:   cdoc for prop" in captured.out
 
-    with AssertPrints("Docstring:   cdoc for non_exist"):
-        ip.run_line_magic("pinfo", "b.non_exist")
+    ip.run_line_magic("pinfo", "b.non_exist")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Docstring:   cdoc for non_exist" in captured.out
 
-    with AssertPrints("Docstring:   cdoc for prop"):
-        ip.run_cell("b.prop?")
+    ip.run_cell("b.prop?")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Docstring:   cdoc for prop" in captured.out
 
-    with AssertPrints("Docstring:   cdoc for non_exist"):
-        ip.run_cell("b.non_exist?")
+    ip.run_cell("b.non_exist?")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Docstring:   cdoc for non_exist" in captured.out
 
-    with AssertPrints("Docstring:   <no docstring>"):
-        ip.run_cell("b.undefined?")
+    ip.run_cell("b.undefined?")
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Docstring:   <no docstring>" in captured.out
 
 
 def test_pinfo_magic():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6cf19b..1dfda30 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-asyncio<0.22",
     "testpath",
     "pickleshare",
+    "packaging",
 ]
 test_extra = [
     "ipython[test]",