diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-standalone-errors.R b/tests/testthat/test-standalone-errors.R
index b460bc41..d4128ff9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-standalone-errors.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-standalone-errors.R
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ test_that("chain_call", {
 })
 
 test_that("errors from subprocess", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("callr", minimum_version = "3.7.0")
-  if (packageVersion("callr") != "3.7.0") skip("only with callr 3.7.0")
+  skip_if_not(isTRUE(try(packageVersion("callr") == "3.7.0", silent = TRUE)), "only with callr exactly 3.7.0")
   err <- tryCatch(
     callr::r(function() 1 + "a"),
     error = function(e) e