diff --git a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
index 491c685599..f21c423aa4 100644
--- a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ buildifier:
   # For testing minimum supported version.
   # NOTE: Keep in sync with //:version.bzl
   bazel: 5.4.0
+  skip_in_bazel_downstream_pipeline: "Bazel 5 required"
 .minimum_supported_bzlmod_version: &minimum_supported_bzlmod_version
   bazel: 6.2.0 # test minimum supported version of bazel for bzlmod tests
 .reusable_config: &reusable_config