diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_cli_app.py b/spacy/tests/test_cli_app.py
index 8aaadf686..9ba4f0e5c 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_cli_app.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_cli_app.py
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ import srsly
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 from spacy.tokens import DocBin, Doc
 
-from spacy.cli._util import app
+from spacy.cli._util import app, get_git_version
 from .util import make_tempdir, normalize_whitespace
 
 
+def has_git():
+    try:
+        get_git_version()
+        return True
+    except RuntimeError:
+        return False
+
+
 def test_convert_auto():
     with make_tempdir() as d_in, make_tempdir() as d_out:
         for f in ["data1.iob", "data2.iob", "data3.iob"]:
@@ -181,6 +189,7 @@ def test_project_run(project_dir):
     assert "okokok" in result.stdout
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_git(), reason="git not installed")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "options",
     [