diff --git a/tests/debugpy/test_threads.py b/tests/debugpy/test_threads.py
index 8e44dbf4..3b448c7e 100644
--- a/tests/debugpy/test_threads.py
+++ b/tests/debugpy/test_threads.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_step_multi_threads(pyfile, target, run, resume):
 
         stop = session.wait_for_stop()
         threads = session.request("threads")
-        assert len(threads["threads"]) == 3
+        assert len(threads["threads"]) >= 3
 
         thread_name_to_id = {t["name"]: t["id"] for t in threads["threads"]}
         assert stop.thread_id == thread_name_to_id["thread1"]