diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 426e261..37a0cdb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -390,19 +390,24 @@
 
     def test_get_server_certificate(self):
         with test_support.transient_internet("svn.python.org"):
-            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443))
+            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443),
+                                             ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
             if not pem:
                 self.fail("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
 
             try:
-                pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=CERTFILE)
+                pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443),
+                                                 ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                                                 ca_certs=CERTFILE)
             except ssl.SSLError:
                 #should fail
                 pass
             else:
                 self.fail("Got server certificate %s for svn.python.org!" % pem)
 
-            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=SVN_PYTHON_ORG_ROOT_CERT)
+            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443),
+                                             ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                                             ca_certs=SVN_PYTHON_ORG_ROOT_CERT)
             if not pem:
                 self.fail("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
             if test_support.verbose: