diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -663,6 +663,22 @@
     return (major, minor) >= (2, 5)
 
 
+@check("pygments211", "Pygments version >= 2.11")
+def pygments211():
+    try:
+        import pygments
+
+        v = pygments.__version__
+    except ImportError:
+        return False
+
+    parts = v.split(".")
+    major = int(parts[0])
+    minor = int(parts[1])
+
+    return (major, minor) >= (2, 11)
+
+
 @check("outer-repo", "outer repo")
 def has_outer_repo():
     # failing for other reasons than 'no repo' imply that there is a repo
diff --git a/tests/test-run-tests.t b/tests/test-run-tests.t
--- a/tests/test-run-tests.t
+++ b/tests/test-run-tests.t
@@ -176,14 +176,19 @@
   running 1 tests using 1 parallel processes 
   
   \x1b[38;5;124m--- $TESTTMP/test-failure.t\x1b[39m (esc)
-  \x1b[38;5;34m+++ $TESTTMP/test-failure.t.err\x1b[39m (esc)
+  \x1b[38;5;28m+++ $TESTTMP/test-failure.t.err\x1b[39m (esc) (pygments211 !)
+  \x1b[38;5;34m+++ $TESTTMP/test-failure.t.err\x1b[39m (esc) (no-pygments211 !)
   \x1b[38;5;90;01m@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@\x1b[39;00m (esc)
-     $ echo "bar-baz"; echo "bar-bad"; echo foo
-  \x1b[38;5;34m+  bar*baz (glob)\x1b[39m (esc)
-     bar*bad (glob)
+  \x1b[38;5;250m \x1b[39m  $ echo "bar-baz"; echo "bar-bad"; echo foo (esc) (pygments211 !)
+     $ echo "bar-baz"; echo "bar-bad"; echo foo (no-pygments211 !)
+  \x1b[38;5;28m+  bar*baz (glob)\x1b[39m (esc) (pygments211 !)
+  \x1b[38;5;34m+  bar*baz (glob)\x1b[39m (esc) (no-pygments211 !)
+  \x1b[38;5;250m \x1b[39m  bar*bad (glob) (esc) (pygments211 !)
+     bar*bad (glob) (no-pygments211 !)
   \x1b[38;5;124m-  bar*baz (glob)\x1b[39m (esc)
   \x1b[38;5;124m-  | fo (re)\x1b[39m (esc)
-  \x1b[38;5;34m+  foo\x1b[39m (esc)
+  \x1b[38;5;28m+  foo\x1b[39m (esc) (pygments211 !)
+  \x1b[38;5;34m+  foo\x1b[39m (esc) (no-pygments211 !)
   
   \x1b[38;5;88mERROR: \x1b[39m\x1b[38;5;9mtest-failure.t\x1b[39m\x1b[38;5;88m output changed\x1b[39m (esc)
   !