diff --git a/tests/pipelines/test_referring_video_object_segmentation.py b/tests/pipelines/test_referring_video_object_segmentation.py
index 3e81d9c3..4d8206b3 100644
--- a/tests/pipelines/test_referring_video_object_segmentation.py
+++ b/tests/pipelines/test_referring_video_object_segmentation.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ReferringVideoObjectSegmentationTest(unittest.TestCase,
         self.task = Tasks.referring_video_object_segmentation
         self.model_id = 'damo/cv_swin-t_referring_video-object-segmentation'
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(test_level() >= 0, 'skip test in current test level')
+    @unittest.skip('skip since the model is set to private for now')
     def test_referring_video_object_segmentation(self):
         input_location = 'data/test/videos/referring_video_object_segmentation_test_video.mp4'
         text_queries = [
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ReferringVideoObjectSegmentationTest(unittest.TestCase,
         else:
             raise ValueError('process error')
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(test_level() >= 2, 'skip test in current test level')
+    @unittest.skip('skip since the model is set to private for now')
     def test_referring_video_object_segmentation_with_default_task(self):
         input_location = 'data/test/videos/referring_video_object_segmentation_test_video.mp4'
         text_queries = [
diff --git a/tests/trainers/test_referring_video_object_segmentation_trainer.py b/tests/trainers/test_referring_video_object_segmentation_trainer.py
index c1dc040d..7b03eb4d 100644
--- a/tests/trainers/test_referring_video_object_segmentation_trainer.py
+++ b/tests/trainers/test_referring_video_object_segmentation_trainer.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestImageInstanceSegmentationTrainer(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.max_epochs = max_epochs
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(test_level() >= 0, 'skip test in current test level')
+    @unittest.skip('skip since the model is set to private for now')
     def test_trainer(self):
         kwargs = dict(
             model=self.model_id,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class TestImageInstanceSegmentationTrainer(unittest.TestCase):
         results_files = os.listdir(trainer.work_dir)
         self.assertIn(f'{trainer.timestamp}.log.json', results_files)
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(test_level() >= 2, 'skip test in current test level')
+    @unittest.skip('skip since the model is set to private for now')
     def test_trainer_with_model_and_args(self):
 
         cache_path = snapshot_download(self.model_id)