diff --git a/tests/unit/auth/keychain_test.go b/tests/unit/auth/keychain_test.go
index 7f9c168..cf08677 100644
--- a/tests/unit/auth/keychain_test.go
+++ b/tests/unit/auth/keychain_test.go
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
 package auth
 
 import (
+	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/jfraeys/fetch_ml/internal/auth"
 )
 
+// isKeyringAvailable checks if dbus is available for keyring operations
+func isKeyringAvailable() bool {
+	// Check if dbus-launch is available (Linux keyring requirement)
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("dbus-launch"); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func TestNewKeychainManager(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel() // Enable parallel execution
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	km := auth.NewKeychainManager()
 	if km == nil {
 		t.Fatal("NewKeychainManager returned nil")
 	}
 
-	// Test that ListAvailableMethods works
 	methods := km.ListAvailableMethods()
 	if len(methods) == 0 {
 		t.Error("Expected at least one available method")
@@ -36,7 +45,11 @@ func TestKeychainIsAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestKeychainBasicOperations(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel() // Enable parallel execution
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if !isKeyringAvailable() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping: dbus-launch not available for keyring operations")
+	}
 
 	km := auth.NewKeychainManager()
 
@@ -118,7 +131,11 @@ func TestKeychainErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestKeychainMultipleKeys(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel() // Enable parallel execution
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if !isKeyringAvailable() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping: dbus-launch not available for keyring operations")
+	}
 
 	km := auth.NewKeychainManager()