diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R b/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
index 9f836b6e..7954853d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_classif_xgboost.R
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 skip_if_not_installed("xgboost")
+skip_on_cran()
 
 test_that("autotest", {
   learner = mlr3::lrn("classif.xgboost", nrounds = 5L)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
index edffeb8e..1f1ba0d6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 skip_if_not_installed("xgboost")
+skip_on_cran()
 
 test_that("autotest", {
   learner = mlr3::lrn("regr.xgboost", nrounds = 5L)