diff --git a/tests/actual_tests/z_special_test.py b/tests/actual_tests/z_special_test.py
index 14802399..075e3314 100644
--- a/tests/actual_tests/z_special_test.py
+++ b/tests/actual_tests/z_special_test.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.skipif("NC_AUTH_USER" not in environ or "NC_AUTH_PASS" not in environ, reason="Needs login & paasword.")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(environ.get("CI", None) is None, reason="run only on GitHub")
 def test_password_confirmation(nc_client):
-    patch_path, cwd_path = _test_password_confirmation()
+    patch_path, cwd_path = _test_password_confirmation(nc_client.srv_version["major"])
     nc_client.update_server_info()
     old_adapter = nc_client._session.adapter
     with contextlib.suppress(NextcloudException):
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_password_confirmation(nc_client):
 @pytest.mark.skipif("NC_AUTH_USER" not in environ or "NC_AUTH_PASS" not in environ, reason="Needs login & paasword.")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(environ.get("CI", None) is None, reason="run only on GitHub")
 async def test_password_confirmation_async(anc_client):
-    patch_path, cwd_path = _test_password_confirmation()
+    patch_path, cwd_path = _test_password_confirmation((await anc_client.srv_version)["major"])
     await anc_client.update_server_info()
     old_adapter = anc_client._session.adapter
     with contextlib.suppress(NextcloudException):
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ async def test_password_confirmation_async(anc_client):
     run(["git", "apply", "-R", patch_path], cwd=cwd_path, check=True)
 
 
-def _test_password_confirmation() -> tuple[str, str]:
+def _test_password_confirmation(nc_version) -> tuple[str, str]:
     # patch "PasswordConfirmationMiddleware.php" decreasing asking before Password Confirmation from 30 min to 5 secs
-    patch_path = path.join(path.dirname(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))), "data/nc_pass_confirm.patch")
+    if nc_version <= 30:
+        patch_path = path.join(path.dirname(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))), "data/nc_pass_confirm.patch")
+    else:
+        patch_path = path.join(path.dirname(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))), "data/nc_pass_confirm_nc31.patch")
     cwd_path = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)))))
     run(["patch", "-p", "1", "-i", patch_path], cwd=cwd_path, check=True)
     sleep(6)
diff --git a/tests/data/nc_pass_confirm_nc31.patch b/tests/data/nc_pass_confirm_nc31.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..722c03ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/nc_pass_confirm_nc31.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/PasswordConfirmationMiddleware.php b/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/PasswordConfirmationMiddleware.php
+index 5ff9d7386da..04edf4e9991 100644
+--- a/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/PasswordConfirmationMiddleware.php
++++ b/lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/PasswordConfirmationMiddleware.php
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class PasswordConfirmationMiddleware extends Middleware {
+
+ 			$lastConfirm = (int)$this->session->get('last-password-confirm');
+ 			// TODO: confirm excludedUserBackEnds can go away and remove it
+-			if (!isset($this->excludedUserBackEnds[$backendClassName]) && $lastConfirm < ($this->timeFactory->getTime() - (30 * 60 + 15))) { // allow 15 seconds delay
++			if (!isset($this->excludedUserBackEnds[$backendClassName]) && $lastConfirm < ($this->timeFactory->getTime() - 5)) { // allow 5 seconds delay
+ 				throw new NotConfirmedException();
+ 			}
+ 		}