diff --git a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
index 97620258d82f6b..8b9de659fd09c1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 from test import support
 import unittest
 
-import pyexpat
+import xml.parsers.expat
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
 from xml.dom.minidom import parse, Node, Document, parseString
 from xml.dom.minidom import getDOMImplementation
-from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
 
 
 tstfile = support.findfile("test.xml", subdir="xmltestdata")
@@ -1149,10 +1148,10 @@ def testEncodings(self):
 
         # Verify that character decoding errors raise exceptions instead
         # of crashing
-        if pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 4, 5):
-            self.assertRaises(ExpatError, parseString,
+        if xml.parsers.expat.version_info >= (2, 4, 4):
+            self.assertRaises(xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError, parseString,
                     b'<fran\xe7ais></fran\xe7ais>')
-            self.assertRaises(ExpatError, parseString,
+            self.assertRaises(xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError, parseString,
                     b'<franais>Comment \xe7a va ? Tr\xe8s bien ?</franais>')
         else:
             self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, parseString,
@@ -1617,8 +1616,8 @@ def testEmptyXMLNSValue(self):
         self.confirm(doc2.namespaceURI == xml.dom.EMPTY_NAMESPACE)
 
     def testExceptionOnSpacesInXMLNSValue(self):
-        if pyexpat.version_info >= (2, 4, 5):
-            context = self.assertRaisesRegex(ExpatError, 'syntax error')
+        if xml.parsers.expat.version_info >= (2, 4, 4):
+            context = self.assertRaisesRegex(xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError, 'syntax error')
         else:
             context = self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Unsupported syntax')
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-20-17-48-38.gh-issue-93018.SeUVAH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-20-17-48-38.gh-issue-93018.SeUVAH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05f1c87d3878c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-20-17-48-38.gh-issue-93018.SeUVAH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix for the compatibility problems with expat started in 2.4.4, not just 2.4.5