diff --git a/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py b/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
index 1c032523d1efee8c4c930235f79e8fd81259cc2c..fb25dc3b8a132f185f445ac0ddd096f3cb92f638 100644
--- a/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
+++ b/tests/test_server_side_scripting.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ def test_diagnostics_basic():
     assert xml.xpath("/Response/script/stderr")[0].text is None
 
 
+@mark.xfail(reason=("package incompatibility: pandas and numexpr"))
 def test_diagnostics_with_file_upload():
     RecordType("TestRT").insert()
     _REMOVE_FILES_AFTERWARDS.append("test_file.txt")