diff --git a/sklearn/utils/tests/test_validation.py b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_validation.py
index ee26772d8731b..292c2cbbde95d 100644
--- a/sklearn/utils/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/sklearn/utils/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -656,11 +656,13 @@ def X_64bit(request):
     X = sp.rand(20, 10, format=request.param)
 
     if request.param == "coo":
-        if hasattr(X, "indices"):
-            # for scipy >= 1.13 .indices is a new attribute and is a tuple. The
+        if hasattr(X, "coords"):
+            # for scipy >= 1.13 .coords is a new attribute and is a tuple. The
             # .col and .row attributes do not seem to be able to change the
             # dtype, for more details see https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/18530/
-            X.indices = tuple(v.astype("int64") for v in X.indices)
+            # and https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/20003 where .indices was
+            # renamed to .coords
+            X.coords = tuple(v.astype("int64") for v in X.coords)
         else:
             # scipy < 1.13
             X.row = X.row.astype("int64")