diff --git a/tests/docs/quarto-required.qmd b/tests/docs/quarto-required.qmd
index f4d8242f5b2..78fcd072785 100644
--- a/tests/docs/quarto-required.qmd
+++ b/tests/docs/quarto-required.qmd
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: Hello Callout!
 format:
   html:
     quarto-required: "<= 0.0.0"
+  html+norequire: default
 ---
 
 This file will not be rendered as it does not respect the quarto version requirement
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/smoke/render/render-required.test.ts b/tests/smoke/render/render-required.test.ts
index 68a216e9a2a..4cb83d36bb3 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/render/render-required.test.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/render/render-required.test.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,35 @@ testQuartoCmd(
   [input],
   [printsMessage("ERROR", /does not satisfy version/)]
 );
+
+let oldVersionRequirement: string | undefined;
+let originalDenoExit: typeof Deno.exit;
+
+testQuartoCmd(
+  "render",
+  [input, "--to", "html+norequire"],
+  [printsMessage("ERROR", /does not meet semver requirement/)],
+  {
+    setup: async () => {
+      // Save current version of QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT env var and set it to a value that will not be satisfied
+      oldVersionRequirement = Deno.env.get("QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT");
+      Deno.env.set("QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT", "< 0.0.0");
+      // Mock Deno.exit to throw an error instead of exiting
+      // Otherwise we would not check the error assertion
+      originalDenoExit = Deno.exit;
+      Deno.exit = (code?: number) => {
+        throw new Error(`Deno.exit called with code: ${code}`);
+      };
+    },
+    teardown: async () => {
+      // Restore QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT
+      if (oldVersionRequirement) {
+        Deno.env.set("QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT", oldVersionRequirement);
+      } else {
+        Deno.env.delete("QUARTO_VERSION_REQUIREMENT");
+      }
+      // Restore Deno.exit
+      Deno.exit = originalDenoExit;
+    },
+  }
+);