diff --git a/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py b/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
index f74d2328..532362d4 100644
--- a/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
+++ b/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
@@ -590,9 +590,9 @@ def set_python_min(req_list: list, section: str) -> list:
         return req_list
     python_min = "<{ python_min }}"
     map_section = {
-        "test": f"={python_min}",
         "host": f"{python_min}.*",
         "run": f">={python_min}",
+        "test": f"={python_min}",
     }
     return [
         f"python {map_section[section]}" if dep.lower().strip() == "python" else dep
diff --git a/tests/test_pypi.py b/tests/test_pypi.py
index a5b68f6a..b3b4b799 100644
--- a/tests/test_pypi.py
+++ b/tests/test_pypi.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     normalize_requirements_list,
     remove_all_inner_nones,
     remove_selectors_pkgs_if_needed,
+    set_python_min,
     sort_reqs,
     update_recipe,
 )
@@ -1453,3 +1454,16 @@ def test_check_noarch_python_for_new_deps():
         config,
     )
     assert config.is_arch is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "section, expected",
+    [
+        ("host", "python <{ python_min }}.*"),
+        ("run", "python >=<{ python_min }}"),
+        ("test", "python =<{ python_min }}"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_set_python_min(section, expected):
+    req = ["pip", "python"]
+    assert set_python_min(req, section) == ["pip", expected]