From 4e5a35e49d32eef66516dcfab3427c9433084faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Edward Gorelli <33491632+MarcoGorelli@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:36:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #50268:  CI new numpy nightly failing some tests

---
 pandas/tests/series/methods/test_describe.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_describe.py b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_describe.py
index a7cedd580b2d0..56bd9341d2efe 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_describe.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_describe.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from pandas.compat import is_numpy_dev
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import (
     is_complex_dtype,
@@ -163,6 +166,12 @@ def test_numeric_result_dtype(self, any_numeric_dtype):
             dtype = "complex128" if is_complex_dtype(any_numeric_dtype) else None
 
         ser = Series([0, 1], dtype=any_numeric_dtype)
+        if dtype == "complex128" and is_numpy_dev:
+            with pytest.raises(
+                TypeError, match=r"^a must be an array of real numbers$"
+            ):
+                ser.describe()
+            return
         result = ser.describe()
         expected = Series(
             [