diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e1e86348b..86f5d27103 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ extractors = [
     "MEArec>=1.8",
     "pynwb>=2.6.0",
     "hdmf-zarr>=0.11.0",
-    "pyedflib>=0.1.30",
+    #"pyedflib>=0.1.30",
+    "pyedflib>=0.1.30; python_version<'3.13'", # tests are failling with py3.13
     "sonpy;python_version<'3.10'",
     "lxml", # lxml for neuroscope
     "scipy",
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tests/test_neoextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tests/test_neoextractors.py
index 0eb43535aa..d77f2c4555 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tests/test_neoextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tests/test_neoextractors.py
@@ -380,6 +380,15 @@ class AlphaOmegaEventTest(EventCommonTestSuite, unittest.TestCase):
     ]
 
 
+try:
+    import pyedflib
+
+    HAVE_PYEDF = True
+except:
+    HAVE_PYEDF = False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not (HAVE_PYEDF), reason="pyedflib is not installed")
 class EDFRecordingTest(RecordingCommonTestSuite, unittest.TestCase):
     ExtractorClass = EDFRecordingExtractor
     downloads = ["edf"]