diff --git a/tests/test_utils_python.py b/tests/test_utils_python.py
index 65e6ba876..ebce3c079 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_python.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_python.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import operator
 import platform
 import unittest
 from itertools import count
+from sys import version_info
 from warnings import catch_warnings
 
 from scrapy.utils.python import (
@@ -214,9 +215,12 @@ class UtilsPythonTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.assertEqual(
                 get_func_args(str.split, stripself=True), ['sep', 'maxsplit'])
-            self.assertEqual(get_func_args(" ".join, stripself=True), ['list'])
             self.assertEqual(
                 get_func_args(operator.itemgetter(2), stripself=True), ['obj'])
+            if version_info < (3, 6):
+                self.assertEqual(get_func_args(" ".join, stripself=True), ['list'])
+            else:
+                self.assertEqual(get_func_args(" ".join, stripself=True), ['iterable'])
 
     def test_without_none_values(self):
         self.assertEqual(without_none_values([1, None, 3, 4]), [1, 3, 4])