diff --git a/pandas/tests/generic/test_to_xarray.py b/pandas/tests/generic/test_to_xarray.py
index d8401a8b2ae3f..491f621783a76 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/generic/test_to_xarray.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/generic/test_to_xarray.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     date_range,
 )
 import pandas._testing as tm
+from pandas.util.version import Version
 
 pytest.importorskip("xarray")
 
@@ -29,11 +30,17 @@ def df(self):
             }
         )
 
-    def test_to_xarray_index_types(self, index_flat, df, using_infer_string):
+    def test_to_xarray_index_types(self, index_flat, df, using_infer_string, request):
         index = index_flat
         # MultiIndex is tested in test_to_xarray_with_multiindex
         if len(index) == 0:
             pytest.skip("Test doesn't make sense for empty index")
+        import xarray
+
+        if Version(xarray.__version__) >= Version("2024.5"):
+            request.applymarker(
+                pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/9026")
+            )
 
         from xarray import Dataset