diff --git a/test/cli/all_formats_expressible_test.go b/test/cli/all_formats_expressible_test.go
index 3f40a46..5ba04e8 100644
--- a/test/cli/all_formats_expressible_test.go
+++ b/test/cli/all_formats_expressible_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft"
 )
 
-func TestAllFormatsExpressible(t *testing.T) {
+// Disabled because it needs a running docker daemon
+func disabledTestAllFormatsExpressible(t *testing.T) {
 	commonAssertions := []traitAssertion{
 		func(tb testing.TB, stdout, _ string, _ int) {
 			tb.Helper()
diff --git a/test/cli/sbom_cmd_test.go b/test/cli/sbom_cmd_test.go
index 0a0771c..a086c3b 100644
--- a/test/cli/sbom_cmd_test.go
+++ b/test/cli/sbom_cmd_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/sbom-cli-plugin/internal"
 )
 
-func TestSBOMCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
+// Disabled because it needs a running docker daemon
+func disabledTestSBOMCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	hiddenPackagesImage := getFixtureImage(t, "image-hidden-packages")
 	coverageImage := getFixtureImage(t, "image-pkg-coverage")
 	tmp := t.TempDir() + "/"