diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix
index bba1c51cc8a5..ce462aba7332 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xarray/default.nix
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
+    # The following 3 are reported upstream here:
+    # https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/11051
     "xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py::TestDataArray::test_curvefit_helpers" # Failed: DID NOT RAISE <class 'ValueError'>
     "xarray/tests/test_duck_array_ops.py::test_extension_array_attr" # NotImplementedError: (CategoricalDtype(categories=['cat1', 'cat2', 'cat3'],...
     "xarray/tests/test_variable.py::TestIndexVariable::test_concat_periods" # ValueError: Could not convert <xarray.IndexVariable 't' (t: 5)> Size: 40B