diff --git a/python-xarray.changes b/python-xarray.changes
index f11b399..50ba4d9 100644
--- a/python-xarray.changes
+++ b/python-xarray.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  4 11:16:58 UTC 2024 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix@sebix.at>
+
+- Disable ROS3 tests, because hdf5 library was built without ROS3 support.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 20 20:40:53 UTC 2023 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix@sebix.at>
 
diff --git a/python-xarray.spec b/python-xarray.spec
index 658d69f..0b3455a 100644
--- a/python-xarray.spec
+++ b/python-xarray.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-xarray
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ if [ $(getconf LONG_BIT) -eq 32 ]; then
   # tests for 64bit types
   donttest="$donttest or TestZarrDictStore or TestZarrDirectoryStore or TestZarrWriteEmpty"
 fi
+# h5py was built without ROS3 support, can't use ros3 driver
+donttest="$donttest or TestH5NetCDFDataRos3Driver"
 %pytest -n auto -rsEf -k "not ($donttest)" xarray
 
 %files %{python_files}