diff --git a/test/functional/lua/watch_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/watch_spec.lua
index bd8faadf5b..a050e94ed1 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/watch_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/watch_spec.lua
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ describe('vim._watch', function()
       if watchfunc == 'watch' then
         skip(is_os('mac'), 'flaky test on mac')
         skip(is_os('bsd'), 'Stopped working on bsd after 3ca967387c49c754561c3b11a574797504d40f38')
+      elseif watchfunc == 'watchdirs' and is_os('mac') then
+        -- Bump this (or fix the bug) if CI continues to fail in future versions of macos CI.
+        skip(is_ci() and vim.uv.os_uname().release == '23.6.0', 'weird failure for macOS arm 14 CI')
       else
         skip(
           is_os('bsd'),