diff --git a/test_unstructured/partition/test_api.py b/test_unstructured/partition/test_api.py
index d922a3e20..3c427e147 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/partition/test_api.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/partition/test_api.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def test_partition_via_api_raises_with_bad_response(monkeypatch):
         partition_via_api(filename=filename)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(skip_outside_ci, reason="Skipping test run outside of CI")
 def test_partition_via_api_valid_request_data_kwargs():
     filename = os.path.join(DIRECTORY, "..", "..", "example-docs", "layout-parser-paper-fast.pdf")