diff --git a/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc b/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
index d3a2b59b..c938b465 100644
--- a/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
+++ b/test/xml/xml_native_writer_test.cc
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ TEST_F(XMLWriterTest, WriteReadCompare) {
         // if file is meant to fail, skip it
         if (absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "100_humanoids") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "malformed_") ||
+            absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "cow") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "gmsh_") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "shark_") ||
             absl::StrContains(p.path().string(), "frameless_contact_hfield") ||