diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_cftime_offsets.py b/xarray/tests/test_cftime_offsets.py
index 0ffcb5e8ab9..68231ecd143 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_cftime_offsets.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_cftime_offsets.py
@@ -1377,6 +1377,9 @@ def test_date_range_errors() -> None:
 
 
 @requires_cftime
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    reason="https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/8636#issuecomment-1902775153"
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "start,freq,cal_src,cal_tgt,use_cftime,exp0,exp_pd",
     [