diff --git a/graalpython/lib-python/3/test/conftest.toml b/graalpython/lib-python/3/test/conftest.toml
index e6618240f9..70ea7c8186 100644
--- a/graalpython/lib-python/3/test/conftest.toml
+++ b/graalpython/lib-python/3/test/conftest.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ selector = [
     'test_unittest',
     'test_logging',
     'test_zipfile',
+    # test_empty_path compares two stats of '.', which can change if another
+    # parallel test creates or removes cwd-relative directories.
+    'test_pathlib',
 ]
 
 [[test_rules]]