diff --git a/tests/test_update_samples.py b/tests/test_update_samples.py
index 7e2204f8..81467c88 100644
--- a/tests/test_update_samples.py
+++ b/tests/test_update_samples.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
 import world_bank_data as wb
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="HTTPError: 502 Server Error: Bad Gateway for url: http://api.worldbank.org/v2..."
+)
+
 SAMPLE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / ".." / "src" / "itables" / "samples"