diff --git a/scripts/runtox.sh b/scripts/runtox.sh
index 07db62242b..e099f44efe 100755
--- a/scripts/runtox.sh
+++ b/scripts/runtox.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ fi
 searchstring="$1"
 
 export TOX_PARALLEL_NO_SPINNER=1
-exec $TOXPATH -vv -p auto -e "$($TOXPATH -l | grep "$searchstring" | tr $'\n' ',')" -- "${@:2}"
+ENV="$($TOXPATH -l | grep "$searchstring" | tr $'\n' ',')"
+
+# Run the common 2.7 suite without the -p flag, otherwise we hit an encoding
+# issue in tox.
+if [ "$ENV" = py2.7-common, ] || [ "$ENV" = py2.7-gevent, ]; then
+    exec $TOXPATH -vv -e "$ENV" -- "${@:2}"
+else
+    exec $TOXPATH -vv -p auto -e "$ENV" -- "${@:2}"
+fi
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/socket.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/socket.py
index d3af70794b..7a4e358185 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/socket.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/socket.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import socket
 from sentry_sdk import Hub
 from sentry_sdk._types import MYPY
diff --git a/tests/integrations/threading/test_threading.py b/tests/integrations/threading/test_threading.py
index 56f7a36ea3..912717dddd 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/threading/test_threading.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/threading/test_threading.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import gc
-
+import sys
 from threading import Thread
 
 import pytest
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def run(self):
         assert exception["type"] == "ZeroDivisionError"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 2), reason="no __qualname__ in older python")
 def test_wrapper_attributes(sentry_init):
     sentry_init(default_integrations=False, integrations=[ThreadingIntegration()])
 
@@ -141,3 +142,24 @@ def target():
     assert Thread.run.__qualname__ == original_run.__qualname__
     assert t.run.__name__ == "run"
     assert t.run.__qualname__ == original_run.__qualname__
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.version_info > (2, 7),
+    reason="simpler test for py2.7 without py3 only __qualname__",
+)
+def test_wrapper_attributes_no_qualname(sentry_init):
+    sentry_init(default_integrations=False, integrations=[ThreadingIntegration()])
+
+    def target():
+        assert t.run.__name__ == "run"
+
+    t = Thread(target=target)
+    t.start()
+    t.join()
+
+    assert Thread.start.__name__ == "start"
+    assert t.start.__name__ == "start"
+
+    assert Thread.run.__name__ == "run"
+    assert t.run.__name__ == "run"
diff --git a/tests/test_exceptiongroup.py b/tests/test_exceptiongroup.py
index 47b3344dc6..8d4734762a 100644
--- a/tests/test_exceptiongroup.py
+++ b/tests/test_exceptiongroup.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ def test_exceptiongroup_simple():
     assert frame["context_line"] == "        raise ExceptionGroup("
 
 
+@minimum_python_311
 def test_exception_chain_cause():
     exception_chain_cause = ValueError("Exception with cause")
     exception_chain_cause.__context__ = TypeError("Exception in __context__")
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ def test_exception_chain_cause():
     assert exception_values == expected_exception_values
 
 
+@minimum_python_311
 def test_exception_chain_context():
     exception_chain_context = ValueError("Exception with context")
     exception_chain_context.__context__ = TypeError("Exception in __context__")
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ def test_exception_chain_context():
     assert exception_values == expected_exception_values
 
 
+@minimum_python_311
 def test_simple_exception():
     simple_excpetion = ValueError("A simple exception")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_profiler.py b/tests/test_profiler.py
index 11ece9821e..56d9514a85 100644
--- a/tests/test_profiler.py
+++ b/tests/test_profiler.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def test_profiler_invalid_mode(mode, make_options, teardown_profiling):
         setup_profiler(make_options(mode))
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "mode",
     [
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def test_profiler_setup_twice(make_options, teardown_profiling):
     assert not setup_profiler(make_options())
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "mode",
     [
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ def test_profiles_sample_rate(
     assert len(items["profile"]) == profile_count
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "mode",
     [
@@ -234,6 +237,7 @@ def test_profiles_sampler(
     assert len(items["profile"]) == profile_count
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 def test_minimum_unique_samples_required(
     sentry_init,
     capture_envelopes,
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ def test_minimum_unique_samples_required(
     assert len(items["profile"]) == 0
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 def test_profile_captured(
     sentry_init,
     capture_envelopes,
@@ -349,6 +354,7 @@ def static_method():
         return inspect.currentframe()
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("frame", "frame_name"),
     [
@@ -428,6 +434,7 @@ def test_get_frame_name(frame, frame_name):
     assert get_frame_name(frame) == frame_name
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("get_frame", "function"),
     [
@@ -455,6 +462,7 @@ def test_extract_frame(get_frame, function):
     assert isinstance(extracted_frame["lineno"], int)
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("depth", "max_stack_depth", "actual_depth"),
     [
@@ -493,6 +501,7 @@ def test_extract_stack_with_max_depth(depth, max_stack_depth, actual_depth):
         assert frames[actual_depth]["function"] == "<lambda>", actual_depth
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("frame", "depth"),
     [(get_frame(depth=1), len(inspect.stack()))],
@@ -514,6 +523,7 @@ def test_extract_stack_with_cache(frame, depth):
         assert frame1 is frame2, i
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 def test_get_current_thread_id_explicit_thread():
     results = Queue(maxsize=1)
 
@@ -535,6 +545,7 @@ def target2():
     assert thread1.ident == results.get(timeout=1)
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @requires_gevent
 def test_get_current_thread_id_gevent_in_thread():
     results = Queue(maxsize=1)
@@ -550,6 +561,7 @@ def target():
     assert thread.ident == results.get(timeout=1)
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 def test_get_current_thread_id_running_thread():
     results = Queue(maxsize=1)
 
@@ -562,6 +574,7 @@ def target():
     assert thread.ident == results.get(timeout=1)
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 def test_get_current_thread_id_main_thread():
     results = Queue(maxsize=1)
 
@@ -626,6 +639,7 @@ def test_thread_scheduler_single_background_thread(scheduler_class):
     assert len(get_scheduler_threads(scheduler)) == 0
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("scheduler_class",),
     [
@@ -684,6 +698,7 @@ def ensure_running(self):
 ]
 
 
+@requires_python_version(3, 3)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("samples", "expected"),
     [
diff --git a/tests/test_scrubber.py b/tests/test_scrubber.py
index 5bb89ed654..4b2dfff450 100644
--- a/tests/test_scrubber.py
+++ b/tests/test_scrubber.py
@@ -105,11 +105,9 @@ def test_breadcrumb_extra_scrubbing(sentry_init, capture_events):
         "password": "[Filtered]",
     }
 
-    assert event["_meta"] == {
-        "extra": {"auth": {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}},
-        "breadcrumbs": {
-            "values": {"0": {"data": {"password": {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}}}}
-        },
+    assert event["_meta"]["extra"]["auth"] == {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}
+    assert event["_meta"]["breadcrumbs"] == {
+        "values": {"0": {"data": {"password": {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}}}}
     }
 
 
@@ -124,8 +122,8 @@ def test_span_data_scrubbing(sentry_init, capture_events):
 
     (event,) = events
     assert event["spans"][0]["data"] == {"password": "[Filtered]", "datafoo": "databar"}
-    assert event["_meta"] == {
-        "spans": {"0": {"data": {"password": {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}}}}
+    assert event["_meta"]["spans"] == {
+        "0": {"data": {"password": {"": {"rem": [["!config", "s"]]}}}}
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_serializer.py b/tests/test_serializer.py
index 5bb0579d5a..cc62c4663d 100644
--- a/tests/test_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/test_serializer.py
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ def test_bytes_serialization_repr(message_normalizer):
 def test_bytearray_serialization_decode(message_normalizer):
     binary = bytearray(b"abc123\x80\xf0\x9f\x8d\x95")
     result = message_normalizer(binary, should_repr_strings=False)
-    assert result == "abc123\ufffd\U0001f355"
+    # fmt: off
+    assert result == u"abc123\ufffd\U0001f355"
+    # fmt: on
 
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail(sys.version_info < (3,), reason="Known safe_repr bugs in Py2.7")
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_general.py b/tests/utils/test_general.py
index 570182ab0e..6f53de32c3 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_general.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_general.py
@@ -587,5 +587,7 @@ def test_strip_string():
     assert stripped_text.value.count("a") == 1021  # + '...' is 1024
 
     # If text has unicode characters, it counts bytes and not number of characters.
-    text_with_unicode_character = "éê"
-    assert strip_string(text_with_unicode_character, max_length=2).value == "é..."
+    # fmt: off
+    text_with_unicode_character = u"éê"
+    assert strip_string(text_with_unicode_character, max_length=2).value == u"é..."
+    # fmt: on
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 62aa5250b4..040d6659df 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ setenv =
     requests: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/requests
     rq: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/rq
     sanic: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/sanic
-    starlette:  TESTPATH=tests/integrations/starlette
-    starlite:  TESTPATH=tests/integrations/starlite
+    starlette: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/starlette
+    starlite: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/starlite
     sqlalchemy: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/sqlalchemy
     tornado: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/tornado
     trytond: TESTPATH=tests/integrations/trytond
@@ -530,7 +530,6 @@ commands =
     ; Running `py.test` as an executable suffers from an import error
     ; when loading tests in scenarios. In particular, django fails to
     ; load the settings from the test module.
-
     {py2.7}: python -m pytest --ignore-glob='*py3.py' -rsx -s --durations=5 -vvv {env:TESTPATH} {posargs}
     {py3.5,py3.6,py3.7,py3.8,py3.9,py3.10,py3.11}: python -m pytest -rsx -s --durations=5 -vvv {env:TESTPATH} {posargs}