diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
index e822e56aae6..812ff15242c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   # skip tests which do network calls
+  # test_compression.py is missing zstandard package
   checkPhase = ''
-    pytest tests -k 'not hist_in_tree and not branch_auto_interpretation'
+    pytest tests -k 'not hist_in_tree \
+      and not branch_auto_interpretation' \
+      --ignore=tests/test_compression.py
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {