diff --git a/src/lighteval/tasks/extended/lcb/codegen_metrics.py b/src/lighteval/tasks/extended/lcb/codegen_metrics.py
index 98fad8858..8e87bb99b 100644
--- a/src/lighteval/tasks/extended/lcb/codegen_metrics.py
+++ b/src/lighteval/tasks/extended/lcb/codegen_metrics.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
-sys.set_int_max_str_digits(50000)
+try:
+    sys.set_int_max_str_digits(50000)
+except AttributeError:
+    pass
 
 os.environ["TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM"] = "false"