diff --git a/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_managed_files_base.py b/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_managed_files_base.py
index 79e7e58f39..a55818ce69 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_managed_files_base.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_managed_files_base.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import httpx
 import openai
 import psycopg2
 import pytest
+
+tenacity = pytest.importorskip("tenacity", reason="tenacity required for e2e batch tests")
 from tenacity import Retrying, stop_after_delay, wait_fixed
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../.."))
diff --git a/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_proxy_e2e_azure_batches.py b/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_proxy_e2e_azure_batches.py
index 262c55efc5..db37674ac9 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_proxy_e2e_azure_batches.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_e2e_azure_batches_tests/test_proxy_e2e_azure_batches.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import warnings
 import httpx
 import openai
 import pytest
+
+tenacity = pytest.importorskip("tenacity", reason="tenacity required for e2e batch tests")
 from tenacity import RetryError
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../.."))