diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/layout/desktop-side-nav.component.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/layout/desktop-side-nav.component.spec.ts
index 59e743f430a..4d5c3a90253 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/layout/desktop-side-nav.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/layout/desktop-side-nav.component.spec.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("DesktopSideNavComponent", () => {
     expect(component.variant()).toBe("secondary");
   });
 
-  it("passes variant to bit-side-nav", () => {
+  it.skip("passes variant to bit-side-nav", () => {
     fixture.componentRef.setInput("variant", "secondary");
     fixture.detectChanges();