diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
index f2e4f0f..1ae0fcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pytest tox
+          pip install tox
           pip install -e .
       - name: Test with tox
         run: |
-          tox -p
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+          PYTHON_VERSION=$(python --version | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          
+          if [[ "$PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.9"* ]]; then
+            echo "Detected Python version: $PYTHON_VERSION"
+            echo "Skipping tests with xarray versions that require newer python"
+            tox -p --skip-env xarray202501
+          else
+            tox -p
+          fi
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