diff --git a/tests/integrations/fastapi/test_fastapi.py b/tests/integrations/fastapi/test_fastapi.py
index 5d1596f497..0bc0f2a7f5 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/fastapi/test_fastapi.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/fastapi/test_fastapi.py
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ async def _error():
     else:
         assert not events
 
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 def test_transaction_http_method_default(sentry_init, capture_events):
     """
@@ -577,7 +576,7 @@ def test_transaction_http_method_default(sentry_init, capture_events):
     sentry_init(
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,
         integrations=[
-            StarletteIntegration(),
+            StarletteIntegration(), 
             FastApiIntegration(),
         ],
     )
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ def test_transaction_http_method_custom(sentry_init, capture_events):
                     "OPTIONS",
                     "head",
                 ),  # capitalization does not matter
-            ),
+            ), 
             FastApiIntegration(
                 http_methods_to_capture=(
                     "OPTIONS",
@@ -629,9 +628,10 @@ def test_transaction_http_method_custom(sentry_init, capture_events):
     client.options("/nomessage")
     client.head("/nomessage")
 
+    import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
     assert len(events) == 2
 
     (event1, event2) = events
 
     assert event1["request"]["method"] == "OPTIONS"
-    assert event2["request"]["method"] == "HEAD"
+    assert event2["request"]["method"] == "HEAD"
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diff --git a/tests/integrations/starlette/test_starlette.py b/tests/integrations/starlette/test_starlette.py
index 6c99f2b671..6b18388655 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/starlette/test_starlette.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/starlette/test_starlette.py
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ async def _error(request):
         assert not events
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(STARLETTE_VERSION < (0, 20), reason="Requires Starlette >= 0.20, because earlier versions do not support HTTP 'HEAD' requests")
 def test_transaction_http_method_default(sentry_init, capture_events):
     """
     By default OPTIONS and HEAD requests do not create a transaction.
@@ -1229,6 +1230,7 @@ def test_transaction_http_method_default(sentry_init, capture_events):
     assert event["request"]["method"] == "GET"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(STARLETTE_VERSION < (0, 20), reason="Requires Starlette >= 0.20, because earlier versions do not support HTTP 'HEAD' requests")
 def test_transaction_http_method_custom(sentry_init, capture_events):
     sentry_init(
         traces_sample_rate=1.0,