diff --git a/tests/test_issues_pylib.py b/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
index 56fb6ad79ce598013b48635064c71f9f2c686fb3..4b8deb04234cb08cb07e24efa7379b614e760f9d 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ def test_gitlab_com_127():
 
     # Parse various timeout strings and check successful connect
     valid_timeout_strings = ["timeout = None", "timeout=null",
-                             "timeout = (4, 40)", "timeout=(4,4)"]
+                             "timeout = (4, 40)", "timeout=(4,4)",
+                             "timeout = (4, None)", "timeout= ( null , 4 )"]
     for timeout_string in valid_timeout_strings:
         try:
             # Create temporary config with timeout option