diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 4dedac0d9..1d6267e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
             python=3.11
             coverage
             coveralls
-            conda-recipe-manager
+            conda-recipe-manager>=0.4.1
             conda-souschef
             conda-forge-tick
 
diff --git a/news/crm.rst b/news/crm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..092e62c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/crm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed error in testing where tests fail for ``conda-recipe-manager >=0.4.1``. (#2223)
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/tests/test_lint_recipe.py b/tests/test_lint_recipe.py
index 82caeffed..f1c4c7209 100644
--- a/tests/test_lint_recipe.py
+++ b/tests/test_lint_recipe.py
@@ -3956,7 +3956,6 @@ def test_lint_recipe_parses_forblock():
 
 def test_lint_recipe_parses_spacing():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-        # CRM fails if the yaml has differing spacing
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, "meta.yaml"), "w") as f:
             f.write(
                 textwrap.dedent(
@@ -3993,7 +3992,7 @@ def test_lint_recipe_parses_spacing():
             )
             for hint in hints
         ), hints
-        assert any(
+        assert not any(
             hint.startswith(
                 "The recipe is not parsable by parser `conda-recipe-manager"
             )