diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLDeployModelActionIT.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLDeployModelActionIT.java
index fa542c7c0c..10d711307e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLDeployModelActionIT.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/rest/RestMLDeployModelActionIT.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ public class RestMLDeployModelActionIT extends MLCommonsRestTestCase {
 
     @Before
     public void setup() throws IOException {
+        // Skip test if running on Mac OS, https://github.com/opensearch-project/ml-commons/issues/844
+        Assume.assumeFalse(System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Mac OS X"));
         mlRegisterModelGroupInput = MLRegisterModelGroupInput.builder().name("testGroupID").description("This is test Group").build();
         registerModelGroup(client(), TestHelper.toJsonString(mlRegisterModelGroupInput), registerModelGroupResult -> {
             this.modelGroupId = (String) registerModelGroupResult.get("model_group_id");