diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
index a52ae96a83ddde..f9607e02c604ff 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_windows_console.py
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ def get_event(self, input_records, **kwargs) -> Console:
         self.console._read_input = self.mock
         self.console._WindowsConsole__vt_support = kwargs.get("vt_support",
                                                               False)
+        self.console.wait = MagicMock(return_value=True)
         event = self.console.get_event(block=False)
         return event