diff --git a/swh/indexer/tests/test_mimetype.py b/swh/indexer/tests/test_mimetype.py
--- a/swh/indexer/tests/test_mimetype.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/tests/test_mimetype.py
@@ -29,14 +29,26 @@
     "raw_text,mimetype,encoding",
     [
         ("du français".encode(), "text/plain", "utf-8"),
-        (b"def __init__(self):", "text/x-python", "us-ascii"),
+        (b"def __init__(self):", ("text/x-python", "text/x-script.python"), "us-ascii"),
         (b"\xff\xfe\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xfe\xff\xff", "application/octet-stream", ""),
     ],
 )
 def test_compute_mimetype_encoding(raw_text, mimetype, encoding):
     """Compute mimetype encoding should return results"""
     actual_result = compute_mimetype_encoding(raw_text)
-    assert actual_result == {"mimetype": mimetype, "encoding": encoding}
+    if isinstance(mimetype, tuple):
+        # New magic version can return different results, this deals with such a case
+        expected_result = {"mimetype": mimetype[0], "encoding": encoding}
+        # as a fallback
+        fallback_expected_result = {"mimetype": mimetype[1], "encoding": encoding}
+    else:
+        expected_result = {"mimetype": mimetype, "encoding": encoding}
+        fallback_expected_result = expected_result
+
+    try:
+        assert actual_result == expected_result
+    except AssertionError:
+        assert actual_result == fallback_expected_result
 
 
 CONFIG = {