diff --git a/file_transfer_agent_test.go b/file_transfer_agent_test.go
index e608c9544..7a591d414 100644
--- a/file_transfer_agent_test.go
+++ b/file_transfer_agent_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ func TestUnitDownloadWithInvalidLocalPath(t *testing.T) {
 	f.Close()
 
 	runDBTest(t, func(dbt *DBTest) {
+		if _, err = dbt.exec("use role sysadmin"); err != nil {
+			t.Skip("snowflake admin account not accessible")
+		}
 		dbt.mustExec("rm @~/test_get")
 		sqlText := fmt.Sprintf("put file://%v @~/test_get", testData)
 		sqlText = strings.ReplaceAll(sqlText, "\\", "\\\\")
diff --git a/put_get_test.go b/put_get_test.go
index 6c4403630..730efbcbb 100644
--- a/put_get_test.go
+++ b/put_get_test.go
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ func TestPutWithAutoCompressFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	runDBTest(t, func(dbt *DBTest) {
+		if _, err = dbt.exec("use role sysadmin"); err != nil {
+			t.Skip("snowflake admin account not accessible")
+		}
 		dbt.mustExec("rm @~/test_put_uncompress_file")
 		sqlText := fmt.Sprintf("put file://%v @~/test_put_uncompress_file auto_compress=FALSE", testData)
 		sqlText = strings.ReplaceAll(sqlText, "\\", "\\\\")