diff --git a/raster/r.in.gdal/testsuite/test_r_in_gdal.py b/raster/r.in.gdal/testsuite/test_r_in_gdal.py
index aaf1f6a0ad2..355e9b74eda 100644
--- a/raster/r.in.gdal/testsuite/test_r_in_gdal.py
+++ b/raster/r.in.gdal/testsuite/test_r_in_gdal.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-import osgeo
+from subprocess import check_output
 
 from grass.gunittest.case import TestCase
 
@@ -311,7 +311,15 @@ def test_netCDF_3d_5(self):
         self.assertLooksLike(map_list, text_from_file)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(
-        osgeo.gdal_version[0:2] < (3, 7),
+        tuple(
+            map(
+                int,
+                check_output(["gdal-config", "--version"])
+                .decode("UTF8")
+                .split(".")[0:2],
+            )
+        )
+        < (3, 7),
         "GDAL version too old. Int8 support was introduced in GDAL 3.7",
     )
     def test_int8_data(self):