diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_mlr_callbacks.R b/tests/testthat/test_mlr_callbacks.R
index b44f930d..060571d3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_mlr_callbacks.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_mlr_callbacks.R
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 test_that("early stopping callback works", {
+  skip_on_cran()
   skip_if_not_installed("mlr3learners")
   skip_if_not_installed("xgboost")
   library(mlr3learners) # nolint