diff --git a/pylint/checkers/modified_iterating_checker.py b/pylint/checkers/modified_iterating_checker.py
index 61471b9ee5..9f876b1abc 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/modified_iterating_checker.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/modified_iterating_checker.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def _modified_iterating_check(
             self.add_message(
                 msg_id,
                 node=node,
-                args=(iter_obj._repr_name(),),
+                args=(iter_obj.repr_name(),),
                 confidence=interfaces.INFERENCE,
             )
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4b63c6600..5a80a32f1a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies    = [
     # Also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt.
     # Pinned to dev of second minor update to allow editable installs and fix primer issues,
     # see https://github.com/pylint-dev/astroid/issues/1341
-    "astroid>=3.0.0a2,<=3.1.0-dev0",
+    "astroid>=3.0.0a4,<=3.1.0-dev0",
     "isort>=4.2.5,<6",
     "mccabe>=0.6,<0.8",
     "tomli>=1.1.0;python_version<'3.11'",
diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index 777bdc3511..c15bc5b638 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -e .[testutils,spelling]
 # astroid dependency is also defined in pyproject.toml
-astroid==3.0.0a2  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
+astroid==3.0.0a4  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
 typing-extensions~=4.6
 py~=1.11.0
 pytest~=7.3