diff --git a/tests/test_markup.py b/tests/test_markup.py
index 2a97fdc9894..dbd0f0272c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_markup.py
+++ b/tests/test_markup.py
@@ -166,16 +166,17 @@ def get(name):
     ),
     (
         # pep role with anchor
-        'verify',
+        'verify_re',
         ':pep:`8#id1`',
+        # since docutils-0.19, :pep: role points to python.org via https schema
         ('<p><span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="pep reference external" '
-         'href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008#id1">'
+         'href="https?://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008#id1">'
          '<strong>PEP 8#id1</strong></a></p>'),
-        ('\\sphinxAtStartPar\n'
-         '\\index{Python Enhancement Proposals@\\spxentry{Python Enhancement Proposals}'
-         '!PEP 8\\#id1@\\spxentry{PEP 8\\#id1}}\\sphinxhref'
-         '{http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008\\#id1}'
-         '{\\sphinxstylestrong{PEP 8\\#id1}}')
+        (r'\\sphinxAtStartPar\n'
+         r'\\index{Python Enhancement Proposals@\\spxentry{Python Enhancement Proposals}'
+         r'!PEP 8\\#id1@\\spxentry{PEP 8\\#id1}}\\sphinxhref'
+         r'{https?://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008\\#id1}'
+         r'{\\sphinxstylestrong{PEP 8\\#id1}}')
     ),
     (
         # rfc role