diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/bogus_code_obj.py b/Lib/test/crashers/bogus_code_obj.py
index e71b3582cf2..b3ff07995c9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/crashers/bogus_code_obj.py
+++ b/Lib/test/crashers/bogus_code_obj.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ the user build or load random bytecodes anyway.  Otherwise, this is a
 
 """
 
-import types
+def f():
+    pass
 
-co = types.CodeType(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, b'\x04\x00\x71\x00',
-                    (), (), (), '', '', 1, b'')
-exec(co)
+f.__code__ = f.__code__.replace(co_code=b"")
+f()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-07-17-08-25-06.gh-issue-121921.HW8CIS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-07-17-08-25-06.gh-issue-121921.HW8CIS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef14fa9dfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-07-17-08-25-06.gh-issue-121921.HW8CIS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Update ``Lib/test/crashers/bogus_code_obj.py`` so that it crashes properly
+again.