diff --git a/scripts/addons_core/bl_pkg/cli/blender_ext.py b/scripts/addons_core/bl_pkg/cli/blender_ext.py
index ce4d5591ff1..1566b9a3e89 100755
--- a/scripts/addons_core/bl_pkg/cli/blender_ext.py
+++ b/scripts/addons_core/bl_pkg/cli/blender_ext.py
@@ -5039,7 +5039,7 @@ def main(
         sys.stdout.write("{:s}\n".format(VERSION))
         return 0
 
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
+    if (sys.platform == "win32") and (sys.version_info < (3, 12, 6)):
         _worlaround_win32_ssl_cert_failure()
 
     parser = argparse_create(