diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4692d25f1bf..10c5617d1a6 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 import keyring
 import pytest
 
+from keyring import backends
 from keyring.backend import KeyringBackend
+from keyring.errors import KeyringError
 from keyring.errors import KeyringLocked
 
 from poetry.config.config import Config as BaseConfig
@@ -133,10 +135,6 @@ def delete_password(self, service: str, username: str | None) -> None:
         raise KeyringLocked()
 
 
-from keyring import backends
-from keyring.errors import KeyringError
-
-
 class ErroneousBackend(backends.fail.Keyring):
     @classmethod
     def priority(cls) -> int:
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
index 08dbbb78d47..cda447fa479 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ def test_authenticator_ignores_locked_keyring(
     assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic Zm9vMDAxOg=="
 
 
+def test_authenticator_ignores_failing_keyring(
+    mock_config: Config,
+    mock_remote: None,
+    http: type[httpretty.httpretty],
+    with_erroneous_keyring: None,
+) -> None:
+    authenticator = Authenticator(mock_config, NullIO())
+    authenticator.request("get", "https://foo001@foo.bar/files/foo-0.1.0.tar.gz")
+    request = http.last_request()
+
+    assert request.headers["Authorization"] == "Basic Zm9vMDAxOg=="
+
+
 def test_authenticator_uses_password_only_credentials(
     mock_config: Config, mock_remote: None, http: type[httpretty.httpretty]
 ) -> None: