diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9158d6bcc72..3131f487ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
           - name: "ubuntu-py313"
             python: "3.13-dev"
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            tox_env: "py313"
+            tox_env: "py313-pexpect"
             use_coverage: true
           - name: "ubuntu-pypy3"
             python: "pypy-3.9"
diff --git a/changelog/12497.contrib.rst b/changelog/12497.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccf89731053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/12497.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed two failing pdb-related tests on Python 3.13.
diff --git a/testing/test_debugging.py b/testing/test_debugging.py
index 37032f92354..73a4b769ff7 100644
--- a/testing/test_debugging.py
+++ b/testing/test_debugging.py
@@ -768,9 +768,13 @@ def test_pdb_used_outside_test(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
             x = 5
         """
         )
+        if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 13):
+            break_line = "pytest.set_trace()"
+        else:
+            break_line = "x = 5"
         child = pytester.spawn(f"{sys.executable} {p1}")
-        child.expect("x = 5")
-        child.expect("Pdb")
+        child.expect_exact(break_line)
+        child.expect_exact("Pdb")
         child.sendeof()
         self.flush(child)
 
@@ -785,9 +789,13 @@ def test_foo(a):
                 pass
         """
         )
+        if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 13):
+            break_line = "pytest.set_trace()"
+        else:
+            break_line = "x = 5"
         child = pytester.spawn_pytest(str(p1))
-        child.expect("x = 5")
-        child.expect("Pdb")
+        child.expect_exact(break_line)
+        child.expect_exact("Pdb")
         child.sendeof()
         self.flush(child)