diff --git a/test/test_submodule.py b/test/test_submodule.py
index 1e39924dd..7fbccf831 100644
--- a/test/test_submodule.py
+++ b/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -950,14 +950,14 @@ def test_remove_norefs(self, rwdir):
         assert not sm.exists()
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(
-        os.name == "nt" and (3, 12) <= sys.version_info < (3, 13),
+        os.name == "nt" and sys.version_info >= (3, 12),
         reason=(
             "The sm.move call fails. Submodule.move calls os.renames, which raises:\n"
             "PermissionError: [WinError 32] "
             "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: "
             R"'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\mymodules\myname' "
             R"-> 'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\renamed\myname'"
-            "\nThis resembles other Windows errors, but seems only to affect Python 3.12 somehow."
+            "\nThis resembles other Windows errors, but only occurs starting in Python 3.12."
         ),
         raises=PermissionError,
     )