diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index f430d0a1c6..462673f2ed 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -831,8 +831,8 @@ async def can_read_destructive(self):
     async def read_response(
         self,
         disable_decoding: bool = False,
-        *,
         timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+        *,
         disconnect_on_error: bool = True,
     ):
         """Read the response from a previously sent command"""
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_commands.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_commands.py
index a7df03ad91..ac3537db52 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_commands.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     skip_unless_arch_bits,
 )
 
-if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 11:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11, 3):
     from asyncio import timeout as async_timeout
 else:
     from async_timeout import timeout as async_timeout
@@ -3032,7 +3032,7 @@ async def helper():
             # If the following is not done, further Timout operations will fail,
             # because the timeout won't catch its Cancelled Error if the task
             # has a pending cancel.  Python documentation probably should reflect this.
-            if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 11:
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
                 asyncio.current_task().uncancel()
             # if all is well, we can continue.  The following should not hang.
             await r.set("status", "down")