diff --git a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_flair_entities_use_case.py b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_flair_entities_use_case.py
index 829dbbe..fce32e6 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_flair_entities_use_case.py
+++ b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_flair_entities_use_case.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import pytest
+from os import getenv
 from unittest import TestCase
-
 from domain.NamedEntity import NamedEntity
 from domain.NamedEntityType import NamedEntityType
 from use_cases.GetFlairEntitiesUseCase import GetFlairEntitiesUseCase
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(getenv("CI") == "true", reason="Skip in CI environment as models are not downloaded locally")
 class TestFlairEntitiesUseCase(TestCase):
     def test_entity_extraction(self):
         text = "Maria Rodriguez visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023"
diff --git a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_gliner_entities_use_case.py b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_gliner_entities_use_case.py
index df5e6f3..d0a9804 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_gliner_entities_use_case.py
+++ b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_gliner_entities_use_case.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import pytest
+from os import getenv
 from unittest import TestCase
-
 from domain.NamedEntity import NamedEntity
 from domain.NamedEntityType import NamedEntityType
 from use_cases.GetGLiNEREntitiesUseCase import GetGLiNEREntitiesUseCase
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(getenv("CI") == "true", reason="Skip in CI environment as models are not downloaded locally")
 class TestGLiNEREntitiesUseCase(TestCase):
     def test_datetime_normalized(self):
         window_entities: list[dict] = [{"start": 0, "end": 0, "text": "12 January 2024"}]
diff --git a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_pdf_use_case.py b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_pdf_use_case.py
index c81c36e..0b44631 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_pdf_use_case.py
+++ b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_pdf_use_case.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import pytest
+from os import getenv
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from domain.BoundingBox import BoundingBox
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ def get_segments(pdf_path: Path) -> list[PDFSegment]:
         ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(getenv("CI") == "true", reason="Skip in CI environment as models are not downloaded locally")
 class TestNamedEntitiesFromPDFUseCase(TestCase):
 
     def test_get_entities(self):
diff --git a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_text_use_case.py b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_text_use_case.py
index fb5d8ff..c9d4fec 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_text_use_case.py
+++ b/src/tests/unit_tests/test_named_entities_from_text_use_case.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import pytest
+from os import getenv
 from unittest import TestCase
-
 from domain.NamedEntity import NamedEntity
 from domain.NamedEntityType import NamedEntityType
 from use_cases.NamedEntitiesFromTextUseCase import NamedEntitiesFromTextUseCase
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(getenv("CI") == "true", reason="Skip in CI environment as models are not downloaded locally")
 class TestNamedEntityMergerUseCase(TestCase):
     def test_get_entities(self):
         text = "Maria Rodriguez visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023"