diff --git a/tests/usethis/_core/test_core_tool.py b/tests/usethis/_core/test_core_tool.py
index 776b8665..5291b000 100644
--- a/tests/usethis/_core/test_core_tool.py
+++ b/tests/usethis/_core/test_core_tool.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import subprocess
 import unittest
 import unittest.mock
@@ -1890,6 +1891,9 @@ def test_config_file_already_exists(self, uv_init_repo_dir: Path):
         def test_bad_commit(self, uv_env_dir: Path, git_path: Path):
             # This needs a venv so that we can actually run pre-commit via git
 
+            if os.environ.get("CI") and not usethis_config.offline:
+                pytest.skip("Skipping online test on CI to avoid flakiness")
+
             # Arrange
             (uv_env_dir / ".gitignore").write_text(".venv/\n")