diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab.py
index 5feff78b43..e418ae77ad 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/source_control/gitlab/gitlab.py
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 import sys
 
+import pytest
+
 from httmock import response  # noqa
 from httmock import urlmatch  # noqa
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.tests.unit.compat import unittest
 
-import gitlab
+gitlab = pytest.importorskip('gitlab')
 
 
 class FakeAnsibleModule(object):