diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -1119,13 +1119,13 @@
     return matchoutput('emacs --version', b'GNU Emacs 2(4.4|4.5|5|6|7|8|9)')
 
 
-@check('black', 'the black formatter for python (>= 20.8b1)')
+@check('black', 'the black formatter for python (>= 22.1.0)')
 def has_black():
     blackcmd = 'black --version'
     version_regex = b'black, version ([0-9a-b.]+)'
     version = matchoutput(blackcmd, version_regex)
     sv = distutils.version.StrictVersion
-    return version and sv(_bytes2sys(version.group(1))) >= sv('20.8b1')
+    return version and sv(_bytes2sys(version.group(1))) >= sv('22.1.0')
 
 
 @check('pytype', 'the pytype type checker')