diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_hf.py b/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
index 90ebd9c67..3b275cb95 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_hf.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import draccus
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
+pytest.importorskip("datasets", reason="datasets is required (install lerobot[dataset])")
+
 from lerobot.configs.train import TrainPipelineConfig
 from lerobot.jobs.hf import (
     _pod_forwarded_args,