diff --git a/tests/rl/test_actor_learner.py b/tests/rl/test_actor_learner.py
index 0db903be0..95a865594 100644
--- a/tests/rl/test_actor_learner.py
+++ b/tests/rl/test_actor_learner.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import pytest
 import torch
 
 pytest.importorskip("datasets", reason="datasets is required (install lerobot[dataset])")
+pytest.importorskip("grpc")
 
 from torch.multiprocessing import Event, Queue