diff --git a/tests/decorators/test_sensor.py b/tests/decorators/test_sensor.py
index 9f4473536c863..b776e25c09eaa 100644
--- a/tests/decorators/test_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/decorators/test_sensor.py
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@
 from airflow.decorators import task
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowSensorTimeout
 from airflow.models import XCom
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy, PokeReturnValue
+from airflow.sensors.base import PokeReturnValue
+from tests.test_utils.compat import ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 from airflow.utils.state import State
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
 
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ def dummy_f():
             if ti.task_id == "dummy_f":
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_basic_sensor_skip_on_timeout(self, dag_maker):
         @task.sensor(timeout=0, fail_policy=FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT)
         def sensor_f():
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ def dummy_f():
             if ti.task_id == "dummy_f":
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_basic_sensor_skip_on_timeout_returns_bool(self, dag_maker):
         @task.sensor(timeout=0, fail_policy=FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT)
         def sensor_f():
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_batch.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_batch.py
index 58dedd22f682e..a275ae1119185 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_batch.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_batch.py
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
     BatchSensor,
 )
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.triggers.batch import BatchJobTrigger
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 
 TASK_ID = "batch_job_sensor"
 JOB_ID = "8222a1c2-b246-4e19-b1b8-0039bb4407c0"
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ def test_execute_failure_in_deferrable_mode(self, deferrable_batch_sensor: Batch
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException):
             deferrable_batch_sensor.execute_complete(context={}, event={"status": "failure"})
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_execute_failure_in_deferrable_mode_with_fail_policy(self):
         """Tests that an AirflowSkipException is raised in case of error event and fail_policy is set to True"""
         deferrable_batch_sensor = BatchSensor(
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ def test_execute_failure_in_deferrable_mode_with_fail_policy(self):
         with pytest.raises(AirflowSkipException):
             deferrable_batch_sensor.execute_complete(context={}, event={"status": "failure"})
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fail_policy, expected_exception",
         ((FailPolicy.NONE, AirflowException), (FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT, AirflowSkipException)),
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ def test_poke_invalid(
         )
         assert "AWS Batch compute environment failed" in str(ctx.value)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fail_policy, expected_exception",
         ((FailPolicy.NONE, AirflowException), (FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT, AirflowSkipException)),
@@ -312,6 +318,7 @@ def test_poke_invalid(self, mock_batch_client, batch_job_queue_sensor: BatchJobQ
         )
         assert "AWS Batch job queue failed" in str(ctx.value)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fail_policy, expected_exception",
         ((FailPolicy.NONE, AirflowException), (FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT, AirflowSkipException)),
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py
index 61f344a984c37..750cafdc4417b 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_application.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.sensors.emr import EmrServerlessApplicationSensor
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 
 
 class TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor:
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ def test_poke_raises_airflow_exception_with_failure_states(self, state):
         self.assert_get_application_was_called_once_with_app_id()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
 class TestPokeRaisesAirflowSkipException(TestEmrServerlessApplicationSensor):
     def setup_method(self, fail_policy=None):
         super().setup_method(FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT)
diff --git a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py
index 83d83fdb1257c..1d7bf542fdd5f 100644
--- a/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py
+++ b/tests/providers/amazon/aws/sensors/test_emr_serverless_job.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowSkipException
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.sensors.emr import EmrServerlessJobSensor
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 
 
 class TestEmrServerlessJobSensor:
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ def test_poke_raises_airflow_exception_with_specified_states(self, state):
         self.assert_get_job_run_was_called_once_with_app_and_run_id()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
 class TestPokeRaisesAirflowSkipException(TestEmrServerlessJobSensor):
     def setup_method(self, fail_policy=None):
         super().setup_method(FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT)
diff --git a/tests/providers/ftp/sensors/test_ftp.py b/tests/providers/ftp/sensors/test_ftp.py
index d3b7c1f3a0e14..405645f94d772 100644
--- a/tests/providers/ftp/sensors/test_ftp.py
+++ b/tests/providers/ftp/sensors/test_ftp.py
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowSensorTimeout, AirflowSkipException
 from airflow.providers.ftp.hooks.ftp import FTPHook
 from airflow.providers.ftp.sensors.ftp import FTPSensor
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 
 
 class TestFTPSensor:
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ def test_poke_fail_on_transient_error(self, mock_hook):
 
         assert "434" in str(ctx.value.__cause__)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.ftp.sensors.ftp.FTPHook", spec=FTPHook)
     def test_poke_fail_on_transient_error_and_skip(self, mock_hook):
         op = FTPSensor(
diff --git a/tests/providers/http/sensors/test_http.py b/tests/providers/http/sensors/test_http.py
index f15062513044e..5932fbd40831a 100644
--- a/tests/providers/http/sensors/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/providers/http/sensors/test_http.py
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 from airflow.providers.http.operators.http import HttpOperator
 from airflow.providers.http.sensors.http import HttpSensor
 from airflow.providers.http.triggers.http import HttpSensorTrigger
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 from airflow.utils.timezone import datetime
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ def resp_check(_):
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match="AirflowException raised here!"):
             task.execute(context={})
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @patch("airflow.providers.http.hooks.http.requests.Session.send")
     def test_poke_exception_with_skip_on_timeout(self, mock_session_send, create_task_of_operator):
         """
diff --git a/tests/providers/sftp/sensors/test_sftp.py b/tests/providers/sftp/sensors/test_sftp.py
index eedaabc1a2a49..c0c6c9c94f622 100644
--- a/tests/providers/sftp/sensors/test_sftp.py
+++ b/tests/providers/sftp/sensors/test_sftp.py
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowSensorTimeout
 from airflow.providers.sftp.sensors.sftp import SFTPSensor
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy, PokeReturnValue
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from airflow.sensors.base import PokeReturnValue
 
 # Ignore missing args provided by default_args
 # mypy: disable-error-code="arg-type"
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ def test_file_absent(self, sftp_hook_mock):
         sftp_hook_mock.return_value.get_mod_time.assert_called_once_with("/path/to/file/1970-01-01.txt")
         assert not output
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fail_policy, expected_exception",
         ((FailPolicy.NONE, AirflowSensorTimeout), (FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT, AirflowSensorTimeout)),
diff --git a/tests/sensors/test_base.py b/tests/sensors/test_base.py
index 92725366824a2..bf2e19783a6d1 100644
--- a/tests/sensors/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/sensors/test_base.py
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@
 from airflow.providers.celery.executors.celery_kubernetes_executor import CeleryKubernetesExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.executors.kubernetes_executor import KubernetesExecutor
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.executors.local_kubernetes_executor import LocalKubernetesExecutor
-from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator, FailPolicy, PokeReturnValue, poke_mode_only
+from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator, PokeReturnValue, poke_mode_only
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
 from airflow.ti_deps.deps.ready_to_reschedule import ReadyToRescheduleDep
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.session import create_session
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ def __init__(self, return_value=False, **kwargs):
         self.return_value = return_value
 
     def execute_complete(self, context, event=None):
-        raise AirflowException("Should be skipped")
+        raise AirflowException()
 
 
 class DummySensorWithXcomValue(BaseSensorOperator):
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ def test_fail(self, make_sensor):
             if ti.task_id == DUMMY_OP:
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_skip_on_timeout(self, make_sensor):
         sensor, dr = make_sensor(False, fail_policy=FailPolicy.SKIP_ON_TIMEOUT)
 
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ def test_skip_on_timeout(self, make_sensor):
             if ti.task_id == DUMMY_OP:
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "exception_cls",
         (ValueError,),
@@ -209,6 +215,7 @@ def test_skip_on_timeout_with_exception(self, make_sensor, exception_cls):
             if ti.task_id == DUMMY_OP:
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "exception_cls",
         (
@@ -230,6 +237,7 @@ def test_skip_on_timeout_with_skip_exception(self, make_sensor, exception_cls):
             if ti.task_id == DUMMY_OP:
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "exception_cls",
         (AirflowSensorTimeout, AirflowTaskTimeout, AirflowFailException, AirflowPokeFailException, Exception),
@@ -247,6 +255,7 @@ def test_skip_on_any_error_with_skip_exception(self, make_sensor, exception_cls)
             if ti.task_id == DUMMY_OP:
                 assert ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_skip_on_timeout_with_retries(self, make_sensor):
         sensor, dr = make_sensor(
             return_value=False,
@@ -360,6 +369,7 @@ def _get_tis():
         assert sensor_ti.state == State.FAILED
         assert dummy_ti.state == State.NONE
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_skip_on_timeout_with_reschedule(self, make_sensor, time_machine, session):
         sensor, dr = make_sensor(
             return_value=False,
@@ -884,6 +894,7 @@ def _increment_try_number():
         assert sensor_ti.max_tries == 4
         assert sensor_ti.state == State.FAILED
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_reschedule_and_retry_timeout_and_silent_fail(self, make_sensor, time_machine, session):
         """
         Test mode="reschedule", silent_fail=True then retries and timeout configurations interact correctly.
@@ -1117,6 +1128,7 @@ def test_poke_mode_only_bad_poke(self):
 
 
 class TestAsyncSensor:
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "fail_policy, expected_exception",
         [
diff --git a/tests/sensors/test_external_task_sensor.py b/tests/sensors/test_external_task_sensor.py
index e0f8845c0a140..ba92a3842d742 100644
--- a/tests/sensors/test_external_task_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/sensors/test_external_task_sensor.py
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@
 from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator
 from airflow.operators.empty import EmptyOperator
 from airflow.operators.python import PythonOperator
-from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+from tests.test_utils.compat import AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, ignore_provider_compatibility_error
+
+with ignore_provider_compatibility_error("2.10.0", __file__):
+    from airflow.sensors.base import FailPolicy
+
 from airflow.sensors.external_task import (
     ExternalTaskMarker,
     ExternalTaskSensor,
@@ -336,6 +340,7 @@ def test_external_task_sensor_failed_states_as_success(self, caplog):
             f"Poking for tasks ['{TEST_TASK_ID}'] in dag {TEST_DAG_ID} on {DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()} ... "
         ) in caplog.messages
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_external_task_sensor_skip_on_timeout_failed_states_as_skipped(self):
         self.add_time_sensor()
         op = ExternalTaskSensor(
@@ -474,6 +479,7 @@ def test_external_dag_sensor_log(self, caplog):
         op.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
         assert (f"Poking for DAG 'other_dag' on {DEFAULT_DATE.isoformat()} ... ") in caplog.messages
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     def test_external_dag_sensor_skip_on_timeout_as_skipped(self):
         other_dag = DAG("other_dag", default_args=self.args, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, schedule="@once")
         other_dag.create_dagrun(
@@ -861,6 +867,7 @@ def test_external_task_group_when_there_is_no_TIs(self):
                 ignore_ti_state=True,
             )
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "kwargs, expected_message",
         (
@@ -920,6 +927,7 @@ def test_fail_poke(
         with pytest.raises(expected_exception, match=expected_message):
             op.execute(context={})
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_2_10_PLUS, reason="FailPolicy present from Airflow 2.10.0")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "response_get_current, response_exists, kwargs, expected_message",
         (