diff --git a/internal/engine/probeservices/urls_test.go b/internal/engine/probeservices/urls_test.go
index 5cd7843..4ea12ff 100644
--- a/internal/engine/probeservices/urls_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/probeservices/urls_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestFetchURLListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skip test in short mode")
+	}
 	client := newclient()
 	client.BaseURL = "https://ams-pg-test.ooni.org"
 	config := model.URLListConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/oonimkall/session_integration_test.go b/pkg/oonimkall/session_integration_test.go
index 2569047..e725d98 100644
--- a/pkg/oonimkall/session_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oonimkall/session_integration_test.go
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ func TestCheckInNoParams(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFetchURLListSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skip test in short mode")
+	}
 	sess, err := NewSessionForTesting()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)