diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_reset_index.py b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_reset_index.py
index 56f15c0b0e52c..9980b4450ba52 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_reset_index.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/methods/test_reset_index.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     RangeIndex,
     Series,
     date_range,
+    option_context,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
 
@@ -165,8 +166,10 @@ def test_reset_index_inplace_and_drop_ignore_name(self):
 
     def test_reset_index_drop_infer_string(self):
         # GH#56160
+        pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
         ser = Series(["a", "b", "c"], dtype=object)
-        result = ser.reset_index(drop=True)
+        with option_context("future.infer_string", True):
+            result = ser.reset_index(drop=True)
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, ser)