diff --git a/tests/system/test_pandas.py b/tests/system/test_pandas.py
index 3fea7552a2..3168e5415c 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_pandas.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_pandas.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ def test_load_table_from_dataframe_w_nullable_int64_datatype(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
-    PANDAS_INSTALLED_VERSION[0:2] in ["0."],
+    PANDAS_INSTALLED_VERSION[0:2].startswith("0.")
     reason="Only `pandas version >=1.0.0` is supported",
 )
 def test_load_table_from_dataframe_w_nullable_int64_datatype_automatic_schema(