diff --git a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
index ce66e7d88ce6..bd53a24f0c99 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/fileinits/MavenLocalRepoFileInitializerTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.jupiter.WorkDir;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.test.jupiter.WorkDirExtension;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ public void testGetCoordinateTestMavenBaseUri()
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDownloadDefaultRepo()
+    @Tag("external")
+    public void testDownloadUnspecifiedRepo()
         throws Exception
     {
         MavenLocalRepoFileInitializer repo =