diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix
index da312bc2076..1c464101bf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace tests/__init__.py \
-      --replace "'virtualenv'" "'${virtualenv}/bin/virtualenv'"
+      --replace "'virtualenv'" "'${virtualenv}/bin/virtualenv'" \
+      --replace "'3.9', '3.10']" "'3.9', '3.10', '3.11']" # if the Python version used isn't in this list, tests fail
 
     substituteInPlace tests/test_virtualenv_sys.py \
       --replace "'virtualenv'" "'${virtualenv}/bin/virtualenv'"