Compare major.minor python version to be expected one

tests/base-notebook/test_python.py

@@ -2,25 +2,23 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 import logging
 
-from packaging import version  # type: ignore
-
 from tests.conftest import TrackedContainer
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+EXPECTED_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.10"
 
 
-def test_python_version(
-    container: TrackedContainer, python_next_version: str = "3.11"
-) -> None:
-    """Check that python version is lower than the next version"""
-    LOGGER.info(f"Checking that python version is lower than {python_next_version}")
+def test_python_version(container: TrackedContainer) -> None:
+    LOGGER.info(
+        f"Checking that python major.minor version is {EXPECTED_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+    )
     logs = container.run_and_wait(
         timeout=5,
         tty=True,
         command=["python", "--version"],
     )
     assert logs.startswith("Python ")
-    actual_python_version = version.parse(logs.split()[1])
-    assert actual_python_version < version.parse(
-        python_next_version
-    ), f"Python version shall be lower than {python_next_version}"
+    full_version = logs.split()[1]
+    major_minor_version = full_version[: full_version.rfind(".")]
+
+    assert major_minor_version == EXPECTED_PYTHON_VERSION