diff --git a/tests/models/multimodal/pooling/test_prithvi_mae.py b/tests/models/multimodal/pooling/test_prithvi_mae.py
index 6340a07c83b..1a466931a0e 100644
--- a/tests/models/multimodal/pooling/test_prithvi_mae.py
+++ b/tests/models/multimodal/pooling/test_prithvi_mae.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+import importlib.util
+
 import pytest
 import torch
 
 from ....conftest import VllmRunner
 
-pytest.importorskip(
-    "terratorch",
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    importlib.util.find_spec("terratorch") is None,
     reason="terratorch unavailable while PyPI has `lightning` quarantined; see #41376",
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/models/test_initialization.py b/tests/models/test_initialization.py
index 979c8d31775..476ad1c7c17 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_initialization.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_initialization.py
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ def can_initialize(
             "which is not configured in test environment"
         )
 
+    if model_arch in ("PrithviGeoSpatialMAE", "Terratorch"):
+        import importlib.util
+
+        if importlib.util.find_spec("terratorch") is None:
+            pytest.skip(
+                "terratorch is not installed; "
+                "temporarily skipped while PyPI has `lightning` quarantined "
+                "(see #41376)"
+            )
+
     if model_arch in ["DeepseekV32ForCausalLM", "GlmMoeDsaForCausalLM"]:
         from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 
diff --git a/tests/models/test_registry.py b/tests/models/test_registry.py
index 81fae02efda..0715409abda 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_registry.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_registry.py
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ def test_registry_imports(model_arch):
         check_max_version=False,
         check_version_reason="vllm",
     )
+
+    if model_arch in ("PrithviGeoSpatialMAE", "Terratorch"):
+        import importlib.util
+
+        if importlib.util.find_spec("terratorch") is None:
+            pytest.skip(
+                "terratorch is not installed; "
+                "temporarily skipped while PyPI has `lightning` quarantined "
+                "(see #41376)"
+            )
+
     # Ensure all model classes can be imported successfully
     model_cls = ModelRegistry._try_load_model_cls(model_arch)
     assert model_cls is not None
diff --git a/tests/models/test_terratorch.py b/tests/models/test_terratorch.py
index fccc635a0dc..6d4d1921a88 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_terratorch.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_terratorch.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+import importlib.util
+
 import pytest
 import torch
 
 from tests.conftest import VllmRunner
 from tests.utils import create_new_process_for_each_test
 
-pytest.importorskip(
-    "terratorch",
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    importlib.util.find_spec("terratorch") is None,
     reason="terratorch unavailable while PyPI has `lightning` quarantined; see #41376",
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins_tests/test_terratorch_io_processor_plugins.py b/tests/plugins_tests/test_terratorch_io_processor_plugins.py
index 01e120a2440..b4c84b30d2c 100644
--- a/tests/plugins_tests/test_terratorch_io_processor_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/plugins_tests/test_terratorch_io_processor_plugins.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+import importlib.util
 import io
 
 import imagehash
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ from PIL import Image
 from tests.utils import RemoteOpenAIServer
 from vllm.entrypoints.pooling.pooling.protocol import IOProcessorResponse
 
-pytest.importorskip(
-    "terratorch",
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    importlib.util.find_spec("terratorch") is None,
     reason="terratorch unavailable while PyPI has `lightning` quarantined; see #41376",
 )