diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/token_dispatcher/deepep.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/token_dispatcher/deepep.py
index 6e7588d9ebc4..acc877dc9cb9 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/token_dispatcher/deepep.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/moe/token_dispatcher/deepep.py
@@ -490,6 +490,15 @@ def set_deepep_dispatcher_dtype(self) -> None:
         self.use_mxfp8 = config["use_mxfp8"]
         self.use_nvfp4 = config["use_nvfp4"]
 
+        if _is_npu and self.deepep_output_dtype == DispatcherOutputDtype.INT8:
+            from sglang.srt.hardware_backend.npu.utils import is_npu_arch35
+
+            if is_npu_arch35():
+                # DeepEP interprets use_fp8=True as FP8 on A5, not INT8.
+                # Allow the normal-mode INT8 env fallback, or dispatch BF16
+                # and let the existing MoE kernel quantize it to INT8.
+                self.use_fp8 = False
+
         # Handle environment variables
         if _is_npu:
             self._update_int8_quant_env()
diff --git a/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_deepseek_v4.py b/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_deepseek_v4.py
index 21389a9492fe..b99f12a9257a 100644
--- a/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_deepseek_v4.py
+++ b/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_deepseek_v4.py
@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@
 )
 from sglang.utils import wait_for_server
 
-register_npu_ci(est_time=400, suite="nightly-2-npu-a3", nightly=True)
-register_npu_ci(est_time=400, suite="base-b-test-2-npu-a3")
+register_npu_ci(
+    est_time=400,
+    suite="nightly-2-npu-a3",
+    nightly=True,
+    disabled="Disabled in CI; retained for manual execution.",
+)
+register_npu_ci(
+    est_time=400,
+    suite="base-b-test-2-npu-a3",
+    disabled="Disabled in CI; retained for manual execution.",
+)
 
 
 # Keep the first 6 layers of the BF16 checkpoint. The first 6 V4-Flash
diff --git a/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_glm52.py b/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_glm52.py
index 3cc9b955277f..946c3e82a383 100644
--- a/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_glm52.py
+++ b/test/registered/npu/rl/indexer_replay/test_npu_return_indexer_topk_glm52.py
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@
     popen_launch_server,
 )
 
-register_npu_ci(est_time=400, suite="nightly-2-npu-a3", nightly=True)
-register_npu_ci(est_time=400, suite="base-b-test-2-npu-a3")
+register_npu_ci(
+    est_time=400,
+    suite="nightly-2-npu-a3",
+    nightly=True,
+    disabled="Disabled in CI; retained for manual execution.",
+)
+register_npu_ci(
+    est_time=400,
+    suite="base-b-test-2-npu-a3",
+    disabled="Disabled in CI; retained for manual execution.",
+)
 
 
 NUM_INDEXER_LAYERS = 6