diff --git a/requirements-freqai.txt b/requirements-freqai.txt
index 0532562da..31366efa7 100644
--- a/requirements-freqai.txt
+++ b/requirements-freqai.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Required for freqai
 scikit-learn==1.4.1.post1
 joblib==1.3.2
-catboost==1.2.2; 'arm' not in platform_machine and python_version < '3.12'
+catboost==1.2.3; 'arm' not in platform_machine
 lightgbm==4.3.0
 xgboost==2.0.3
 tensorboard==2.16.2
diff --git a/tests/freqai/test_freqai_interface.py b/tests/freqai/test_freqai_interface.py
index 58648d97f..e3c286fcd 100644
--- a/tests/freqai/test_freqai_interface.py
+++ b/tests/freqai/test_freqai_interface.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def is_arm() -> bool:
 def can_run_model(model: str) -> None:
     is_pytorch_model = 'Reinforcement' in model or 'PyTorch' in model
 
-    if is_py12() and ("Catboost" in model or is_pytorch_model):
+    if is_py12() and is_pytorch_model:
         pytest.skip("Model not supported on python 3.12 yet.")
 
     if is_arm() and "Catboost" in model: