diff --git a/tests/test_reader.py b/tests/test_reader.py
index 51c4089..8eb8d29 100644
--- a/tests/test_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_reader.py
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
 )
 def test_ellips_reader(nxdl, reader_name, files_or_dir, tmp_path, caplog):
     "Generic test from pynxtools."
-    # test plugin reader
+    # This ignores the software_TYPE/@version attribute
+    ignore_sections: Dict[str, List[str]] = {
+        "===== ATTRS (//entry/instrument/software_NeXuS/program@version)": [
+            "DEBUG - value:"
+        ],
+    }
+
     test = ReaderTest(nxdl, reader_name, files_or_dir, tmp_path, caplog)
     test.convert_to_nexus(caplog_level="ERROR", ignore_undocumented=True)
-    test.check_reproducibility_of_nexus()
+    test.check_reproducibility_of_nexus(ignore_sections=ignore_sections)