diff --git a/python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/scikit-learn/xfail-examples.yaml b/python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/scikit-learn/xfail-examples.yaml
index eedd3848f3..834db6b03a 100644
--- a/python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/scikit-learn/xfail-examples.yaml
+++ b/python/cuml/cuml_accel_tests/upstream/scikit-learn/xfail-examples.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@
   tests:
   - "cluster::plot_coin_segmentation"
   - "cluster::plot_coin_ward_segmentation"
+- reason: Upstream example fails without cuml.accel on this dependency stack
+  condition: scikit-learn>=1.9
+  tests:
+  - "applications::wikipedia_principal_eigenvector"