diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
index 780e25b6c82..9deafcda0d9 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ class RecipetoolCreateTests(RecipetoolBase):
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
 
     def test_recipetool_create_github(self):
+        # This test require python 3.11 or above for the tomllib module or tomli module to be installed
+        needTomllib(self)
+
         # Basic test to see if github URL mangling works
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
         os.makedirs(temprecipe)
@@ -675,6 +678,9 @@ class RecipetoolCreateTests(RecipetoolBase):
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
 
     def test_recipetool_create_github_tarball(self):
+        # This test require python 3.11 or above for the tomllib module or tomli module to be installed
+        needTomllib(self)
+
         # Basic test to ensure github URL mangling doesn't apply to release tarballs
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
         os.makedirs(temprecipe)