diff --git a/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py b/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
index 532362d4..04240d25 100644
--- a/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
+++ b/grayskull/strategy/pypi.py
@@ -590,9 +590,9 @@ def set_python_min(req_list: list, section: str) -> list:
         return req_list
     python_min = "<{ python_min }}"
     map_section = {
-        "host": f"{python_min}.*",
+        "host": f"{python_min}",
         "run": f">={python_min}",
-        "test": f"={python_min}",
+        "test": f"{python_min}",
     }
     return [
         f"python {map_section[section]}" if dep.lower().strip() == "python" else dep
diff --git a/tests/test_pypi.py b/tests/test_pypi.py
index b3b4b799..3818d79e 100644
--- a/tests/test_pypi.py
+++ b/tests/test_pypi.py
@@ -1459,9 +1459,9 @@ def test_check_noarch_python_for_new_deps():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "section, expected",
     [
-        ("host", "python <{ python_min }}.*"),
+        ("host", "python <{ python_min }}"),
         ("run", "python >=<{ python_min }}"),
-        ("test", "python =<{ python_min }}"),
+        ("test", "python <{ python_min }}"),
     ],
 )
 def test_set_python_min(section, expected):