diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index 2a17c07b05..6cd4108c7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.7", "3.9"]  # minimum, maximum
         requires: ["oldest", "latest"]
         release: ["stable"]
+        exclude:
+          # Skip if torch<1.8 and py3.9 on Linux: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/50014
+          - {os: ubuntu-18.04, python-version: "3.9", requires: "oldest", release: "stable"}
         #include:
           # nightly: add when there's a release candidate
           #- {os: ubuntu-20.04, python-version: "3.10", requires: "latest", release: "pre"}