diff --git a/tests/test_administration.py b/tests/test_administration.py
index 628eb448f4528f4c524af1873348154b53ab82ca..34c0797100068ee7171986d2ace3221c7de92b6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_administration.py
+++ b/tests/test_administration.py
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ def switch_to_admin_user():
     assert Info().user_info.roles == ["administration"]
 
 
-@mark.xfail(reason="Fix https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-server/-/issues/142")
-def test_create_user():
+def test_create_user_with_dot():
     admin._insert_user(
         name="first.last",
         password=test_pw,