--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ class RegressionTests(unittest.TestCase)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cur.execute, " \0select 2")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, cur.execute, "select 2\0")
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sqlite.sqlite_version_info < (3, 8, 0), 'needs sqlite 3.8.0 or newer')
     def CheckCommitCursorReset(self):
         """
         Connection.commit() did reset cursors, which made sqlite3