diff --git a/xt/author/codespell.t b/xt/author/codespell.t
index 0480721057..781d1acd97 100755
--- a/xt/author/codespell.t
+++ b/xt/author/codespell.t
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ use Modern::Perl;
 use Test::PerlTidy;
 use Test::More;
 
+my $codespell_version = qx{codespell --version};
+chomp $codespell_version;
+$codespell_version =~ s/-.*$//;
+if ( ( $codespell_version =~ s/\.//gr ) < 220 ) {    # if codespell < 2.2.0
+    plan skip_all => "codespell version $codespell_version too low, need at least 2.2.0";
+}
 my @files;
 push @files,
     qx{git ls-files '*.pl' '*.PL' '*.pm' '*.t' ':(exclude)installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl' ':(exclude)installer/data/mysql/update22to30.pl' ':(exclude)installer/data/mysql/db_revs/241200035.pl' ':(exclude)misc/cronjobs/build_browser_and_cloud.pl'};
-push @files, qx{git ls-files svc opac/svc};     # Files without extension
+push @files, qx{git ls-files svc opac/svc};          # Files without extension
 push @files, qx{git ls-files '*.tt' '*.inc'};
 push @files,
     qx{git ls-files '*.js' '*.ts' '*.vue' ':(exclude)koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/lib' ':(exclude)koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/js/Gettext.js' ':(exclude)koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/lib' ':(exclude)koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/js/Gettext.js'};