diff --git a/integrationtests/test_issues.py b/integrationtests/test_issues.py
index f0f2a7876f9db85aeff768c3659915ef2b0cb9f5..78beb63c55bbce9cb1082345bdb4ccb1f9a3129f 100644
--- a/integrationtests/test_issues.py
+++ b/integrationtests/test_issues.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ def clear_database():
     db.execute_query("FIND ENTITY").delete(raise_exception_on_error=False)
 
 
-@mark.xfail(reason="See issue https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-crawler/-/issues/23")
 def test_issue_23(clear_database):
     """Test that an update leaves existing properties, that were not found by
     the crawler, unchanged.
 
+    See issue https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-crawler/-/issues/23
+
     """
 
     # insert a simplistic model an arecord of type TestType with identifying