diff --git a/cpg-language-python/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/python/PythonFrontendTest.kt b/cpg-language-python/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/python/PythonFrontendTest.kt
index ec275da66d5..f6515771097 100644
--- a/cpg-language-python/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/python/PythonFrontendTest.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-python/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/python/PythonFrontendTest.kt
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ class PythonFrontendTest : BaseTest() {
         assertEquals(4, recordFoo.fields.size)
         assertEquals(1, recordFoo.methods.size)
 
+        // TODO: When developing the new python frontend, remove the type specifier from the field
+        //   again and check if the field still occurs. It's absolutely not clear to me who would be
+        //   responsible for adding it but IMHO it should be the frontend. This, however, is
+        //   currently not the case.
         val fieldX = recordFoo.fields["x"]
         assertNotNull(fieldX)
 
diff --git a/cpg-language-python/src/test/resources/python/class_fields.py b/cpg-language-python/src/test/resources/python/class_fields.py
index 3df4ec440b9..ed833025105 100644
--- a/cpg-language-python/src/test/resources/python/class_fields.py
+++ b/cpg-language-python/src/test/resources/python/class_fields.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Foo:
-    x
+    x: int
     y = 123
 
     def bar(self):