diff --git a/core/file/dirname_spec.rb b/core/file/dirname_spec.rb
index 1b006af78..3159dabc2 100644
--- a/core/file/dirname_spec.rb
+++ b/core/file/dirname_spec.rb
@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ def object.to_int; 2; end
     File.dirname("foo/../").should == "foo"
   end
 
-  it "rejects strings encoded with non ASCII-compatible encodings" do
-    Encoding.list.reject(&:ascii_compatible?).reject(&:dummy?).each do |enc|
-      path = "/foo/bar".encode(enc)
-      -> {
-        File.dirname(path)
-      }.should raise_error(Encoding::CompatibilityError)
+  ruby_version_is "3.3" do
+    it "rejects strings encoded with non ASCII-compatible encodings" do
+      Encoding.list.reject(&:ascii_compatible?).reject(&:dummy?).each do |enc|
+        path = "/foo/bar".encode(enc)
+        -> {
+          File.dirname(path)
+        }.should raise_error(Encoding::CompatibilityError)
+      end
     end
   end