diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_join.py b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_join.py
index d131aa6be22f2..3d21faf8b1729 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_join.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_join.py
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ def test_join_invalid_validate(left_no_dup, right_no_dup):
 def test_join_on_single_col_dup_on_right(left_no_dup, right_w_dups, dtype):
     # GH 46622
     # Dups on right allowed by one_to_many constraint
+    if dtype == "string[pyarrow]":
+        pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
     left_no_dup = left_no_dup.astype(dtype)
     right_w_dups.index = right_w_dups.index.astype(dtype)
     left_no_dup.join(