diff --git a/services/ml_training_service/src/checkpoint_manager.rs b/services/ml_training_service/src/checkpoint_manager.rs
index f8cc82734..74102910c 100644
--- a/services/ml_training_service/src/checkpoint_manager.rs
+++ b/services/ml_training_service/src/checkpoint_manager.rs
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore = "requires PostgreSQL (DATABASE_URL)"]
     async fn test_semantic_version_validation() {
         let pool = PgPool::connect(&std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap())
             .await