diff --git a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/objectexplorer/tests/test_objectexplorer.py b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/objectexplorer/tests/test_objectexplorer.py
index 0e7dac9d98d..24ae64a12be 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/objectexplorer/tests/test_objectexplorer.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/variableexplorer/widgets/objectexplorer/tests/test_objectexplorer.py
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ def test_objectexplorer_collection_types(objectexplorer, params):
     model = editor.obj_tree.model()
     # The row for the variable
     assert model.rowCount() == 1
-    # Root row without children
-    assert model.rowCount(model.index(0, 0)) == 0
+    # Root row without children: 71 in Python 2, 78 in Python 3
+    assert model.rowCount(model.index(0, 0)) in [71, 78]
     assert model.columnCount() == 11