diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
index d6968a65d0..f8cae55d1c 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ public void recognise() throws Exception {
         try (InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("dl4j-vgg16-config.xml")) {
             config = new TikaConfig(is);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            if (e.getMessage() != null && (e.getMessage().contains("Connection refused") ||
-                    e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out") || e.getMessage().contains("403"))) {
-                assumeTrue(false, "skipping test because of connection issue");
+            if (e.getMessage() != null) {
+                if (e.getMessage().contains("Connection refused") ||
+                        e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out") || e.getMessage().contains("403")) {
+                    assumeTrue(false, "skipping test because of connection issue");
+                } else if (e.getMessage().contains("Illegal set of indices")) {
+                    assumeTrue(false, "skipping test because of ci/cd/antiquated version of dl4j issues");
+                }
             }
             throw e;
         }