diff --git a/test/ws-container.install b/test/ws-container.install
index 64fbd70c24d..c6279201f39 100644
--- a/test/ws-container.install
+++ b/test/ws-container.install
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ system
 for rpm in ws bridge tests $PACKAGES; do
     rpm2cpio /var/tmp/cockpit-$rpm-*.rpm | cpio -i --make-directories --directory=/var/tmp/install
 done
+
+# HACK: Fedora CoreOS is already on Python 3.13, while Fedora-40 is Python3.12
+if [ -d /var/tmp/install/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cockpit ]; then
+    mkdir -p /var/tmp/install/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/
+    mv /var/tmp/install/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/cockpit /var/tmp/install/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/
+fi
+
 podman run --name build-cockpit -i \
     -v /var/tmp/:/run/build:Z \
     quay.io/cockpit/ws sh -exc '