diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_mem.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_mem.py
index 296601e8ee4..6ab7b685c2e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_mem.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_mem.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class PyMemDebugTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 # free-threading requires mimalloc (not malloc)
-@support.requires_gil_enabled
+@support.requires_gil_enabled()
 class PyMemMallocDebugTests(PyMemDebugTests):
     PYTHONMALLOC = 'malloc_debug'
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb/test_backtrace.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb/test_backtrace.py
index fe67bf9ecc8..714853c7b47 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb/test_backtrace.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb/test_backtrace.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Traceback \(most recent call first\):
 
     @unittest.skipIf(python_is_optimized(),
                      "Python was compiled with optimizations")
-    @support.requires_gil_enabled
+    @support.requires_gil_enabled()
     @support.requires_resource('cpu')
     def test_threads(self):
         'Verify that "py-bt" indicates threads that are waiting for the GIL'