diff --git a/tests/test_python.py b/tests/test_python.py
index 67223c05..d83bbaab 100644
--- a/tests/test_python.py
+++ b/tests/test_python.py
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ def test_export_openvino():
     YOLO(f)(SOURCE)  # exported model inference
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not TORCH_1_9, reason="CoreML>=7.2 not supported with PyTorch<=1.8")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(WINDOWS, reason="CoreML not supported on Windows")  # RuntimeError: BlobWriter not loaded
 @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_RASPBERRYPI, reason="CoreML not supported on Raspberry Pi")
 @pytest.mark.skipif(checks.IS_PYTHON_3_12, reason="CoreML not supported in Python 3.12")