diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 68c2b508fa64dc..6b74e21ad73d1a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -4749,7 +4749,9 @@ def test_return_from_inline_mode_to_REPL(self):
 @support.force_not_colorized_test_class
 @support.requires_subprocess()
 class PdbTestReadline(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUpClass():
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
         # Ensure that the readline module is loaded
         # If this fails, the test is skipped because SkipTest will be raised
         readline = import_module('readline')