diff --git a/tests/test_gc.rs b/tests/test_gc.rs
index eb2cb34e1d7..a88b9a21f91 100644
--- a/tests/test_gc.rs
+++ b/tests/test_gc.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use pyo3::class::PyTraverseError;
 use pyo3::class::PyVisit;
 use pyo3::ffi;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+#[cfg(not(Py_GIL_DISABLED))]
 use pyo3::py_run;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use std::cell::Cell;
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ fn test_cycle_clear() {
 
         inst.borrow_mut().cycle = Some(inst.clone().into_any().unbind());
 
+        // gc.get_objects can create references to partially initialized objects,
+        // leading to races on the free-threaded build.
+        // see https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/130421#issuecomment-2682924142
+        #[cfg(not(Py_GIL_DISABLED))]
         py_run!(py, inst, "import gc; assert inst in gc.get_objects()");
         check.assert_not_dropped();
         inst.as_ptr()