diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_github_repo.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_github_repo.py
index 846f766723..9a76fc4b69 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_github_repo.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_github_repo.py
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import re
 import json
+import pytest
 from httmock import with_httmock, urlmatch, response
 from ansible_collections.community.internal_test_tools.tests.unit.compat import unittest
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import github_repo
 
 
+pytest.importorskip('github')
+
+
 @urlmatch(netloc=r'.*')
 def debug_mock(url, request):
     print(request.original.__dict__)