diff --git a/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py b/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
index 7c70015a8c..4a63d8bfda 100644
--- a/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/benchmark-models/test_petab_benchmark.py
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@
     "Elowitz_Nature2000",
     "Fiedler_BMCSystBiol2016",
     "Fujita_SciSignal2010",
-    "Isensee_JCB2018",
+    # Excluded until https://github.com/Benchmarking-Initiative/Benchmark-Models-PEtab/pull/253
+    #  is sorted out
+    # "Isensee_JCB2018",
     "Lucarelli_CellSystems2018",
     "Schwen_PONE2014",
     "Smith_BMCSystBiol2013",