diff --git a/tests/mock/test_pandas_util.py b/tests/mock/test_pandas_util.py
index 53bad4cacb5..70ff77ed562 100644
--- a/tests/mock/test_pandas_util.py
+++ b/tests/mock/test_pandas_util.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Snowflake Computing Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
-import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
+try:
+    import pandas as pd  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:
+    pytest.skip("pandas is not installed")
+
 from snowflake.snowpark import DataFrame