diff --git a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_io/test_io_hdf5.py b/nwb_linkml/tests/test_io/test_io_hdf5.py
index ab34bd8..96c79a5 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_io/test_io_hdf5.py
+++ b/nwb_linkml/tests/test_io/test_io_hdf5.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..fixtures import tmp_output_dir, set_config_vars, data_dir
 from nwb_linkml.io.hdf5 import HDF5IO
 from nwb_linkml.io.hdf5 import truncate_file
 
+@pytest.mark.skip()
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('dset', ['aibs.nwb'])
 def test_hdf_read(data_dir, dset):
     NWBFILE = data_dir / dset