diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e91a0e69..ce1c043e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         allow-prereleases: true
 
     - name: Add locale for locale test
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.python-version != '3.10'
       run: sudo locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8
 
     - name: Setup uv (cached)
diff --git a/tests/test_translate.py b/tests/test_translate.py
index 18541b71..305cba3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_translate.py
+++ b/tests/test_translate.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ def french():
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "fr_FR.utf-8")
         reload_cli()
         yield
+    except locale.Error:
+        pytest.skip(
+            "No fr_FR locale found, run 'sudo locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8' to run this test"
+        )
     finally:
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
         reload_cli()