diff --git a/test/rulesets/Base/sort.jl b/test/rulesets/Base/sort.jl
index 564817feb..d06067bd2 100644
--- a/test/rulesets/Base/sort.jl
+++ b/test/rulesets/Base/sort.jl
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
         test_rrule(sort, a)
         test_rrule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;rev=true))
 
-        a = rand(5, 4)
-        for dims in (1, 2)
-            # fwd
-            test_frule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims))
-            test_frule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims, rev=true))
-            # rev
-            test_rrule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims))
-            test_rrule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims, rev=true))
+        if VERSION ≥ v"1.9"
+            a = rand(5, 4)
+            for dims in (1, 2)
+                # fwd
+                test_frule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims))
+                test_frule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims, rev=true))
+                # rev
+                test_rrule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims))
+                test_rrule(sort, a; fkwargs=(;dims, rev=true))
+            end
         end
     end
     @testset "partialsort" begin