diff --git a/jq.spec b/jq.spec
index efcb3e8..213286f 100644
--- a/jq.spec
+++ b/jq.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-%bcond_without check
+# valgrind cannot cope with GCC 13+ SSE4.1 optimizations of strcmp
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257546
+%bcond check %[!(0%{?rhel} >= 10)]
 
 Name:           jq
 Version:        1.7.1