diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docformatter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docformatter/default.nix
index 517b777735d7..02b2108541e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docformatter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docformatter/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  # Disable failing tests until https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter/issues/274 is fixed upstream
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_do_format_code.py"
+    "test_docformatter.py"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "docformatter" ];
 
   meta = {