diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.fixest.R b/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.fixest.R
index 9a8d175ef..989a541bd 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.fixest.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-model_parameters.fixest.R
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ test_that("standard errors, Sun and Abraham", {
 
 skip_if_not_installed("withr")
 skip_if_not_installed("glmmTMB")
+skip_if_not_installed("fixest")
 
 withr::with_options(
   list(parameters_warning_exponentiate = TRUE),