diff --git a/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst b/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87b9a05c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump ``packaging`` to version 23.2 in tests -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a42439145e..283ceabf3e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ testing =
 	virtualenv>=13.0.0
 	wheel
 	pip>=19.1 # For proper file:// URLs support.
+	packaging>=23.2
 	jaraco.envs>=2.2
 	pytest-xdist
 	jaraco.path>=3.2.0
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ testing-integration =
 	jaraco.envs>=2.2
 	build[virtualenv]>=1.0.3
 	filelock>=3.4.0
-	packaging>=23.1  # TODO: update once packaging 23.2 is available
+	packaging>=23.2
 
 docs =
 	# upstream
diff --git a/setuptools/tests/_packaging_compat.py b/setuptools/tests/_packaging_compat.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bdcc554d5..0000000000
--- a/setuptools/tests/_packaging_compat.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-from packaging import __version__ as packaging_version
-
-if tuple(packaging_version.split(".")) >= ("23", "2"):
-    from packaging.metadata import Metadata
-else:
-    # Just pretend it exists while waiting for release...
-    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-    Metadata = MagicMock()
diff --git a/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py b/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
index cffc779b94..e63a89b0b4 100644
--- a/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
+++ b/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 import pytest
 from ini2toml.api import Translator
 
-# TODO: replace with `from packaging.metadata import Metadata` in future versions
-from .._packaging_compat import Metadata
+from packaging.metadata import Metadata
 
 import setuptools  # noqa ensure monkey patch to metadata
 from setuptools.dist import Distribution
diff --git a/setuptools/tests/test_core_metadata.py b/setuptools/tests/test_core_metadata.py
index 4857093206..68002cc51b 100644
--- a/setuptools/tests/test_core_metadata.py
+++ b/setuptools/tests/test_core_metadata.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-# TODO: replace with `from packaging.metadata import Metadata` in future versions:
-from ._packaging_compat import Metadata
+from packaging.metadata import Metadata
 
 from setuptools import sic, _reqs
 from setuptools.dist import Distribution
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ def test_parity_with_metadata_from_pypa_wheel(tmp_path):
         # Example with complex requirement definition
         python_requires=">=3.8",
         install_requires="""
-        packaging==23.0
+        packaging==23.2
         ordered-set==3.1.1
         more-itertools==8.8.0; extra == "other"
         jaraco.text==3.7.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c4f10cd667..2cbff92490 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 description = perform primary checks (tests, style, types, coverage)
 deps =
 	# Ideally all the dependencies should be set as "extras"
-	packaging @ git+https://github.com/pypa/packaging@7e68d82
-	# ^-- use dev version while we wait for the new release
 setenv =
 	PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING = 1
 	SETUPTOOLS_ENFORCE_DEPRECATION = {env:SETUPTOOLS_ENFORCE_DEPRECATION:0}