diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/narwhals/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/narwhals/default.nix
index 9c7c61b74527..abb7a87dac64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/narwhals/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/narwhals/default.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_lazy"
     # Incompatible with ibis 11
     "test_unique_3069"
+    # DuckDB 1.4.x compatibility - empty result schema handling with PyArrow
+    "test_skew_expr"
+    # ibis improvements cause strict XPASS failures (tests expected to fail now pass)
+    "test_empty_scalar_reduction_with_columns"
+    "test_collect_empty"
   ];
 
   pytestFlags = [