diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2a5b8fe27..f6b1daef9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@
 sphinx_gallery_conf = {
     'capture_repr': (),
     'examples_dirs': ['../../examples'],
+    # NASA wmts servers are returning bad content metadata
+    "expected_failing_examples": [
+        '../../examples/web_services/reprojected_wmts.py',
+        '../../examples/web_services/wmts.py',
+        '../../examples/web_services/wmts_time.py',
+    ],
     'filename_pattern': '^((?!sgskip).)*$',
     'gallery_dirs': ['gallery'],
     'within_subsection_order': ExampleTitleSortKey,
diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/io/test_ogc_clients.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/io/test_ogc_clients.py
index cf60eef07..87a9a77a7 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/io/test_ogc_clients.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/io/test_ogc_clients.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def test_float_resolution(self):
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:TileMatrixLimits")
 @pytest.mark.network
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not _OWSLIB_AVAILABLE, reason='OWSLib is unavailable.')
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason='NASA servers are returning bad content metadata')
 class TestWMTSRasterSource:
     URI = 'https://map1c.vis.earthdata.nasa.gov/wmts-geo/wmts.cgi'
     layer_name = 'VIIRS_CityLights_2012'
diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_caching.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_caching.py
index 9cb881355..6ca00b163 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_caching.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_caching.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def test_contourf_transform_path_counting():
 @pytest.mark.network
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not _HAS_PYKDTREE_OR_SCIPY or not _OWSLIB_AVAILABLE,
                     reason='OWSLib and at least one of pykdtree or scipy is required')
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason='NASA servers are returning bad content metadata')
 def test_wmts_tile_caching():
     image_cache = WMTSRasterSource._shared_image_cache
     image_cache.clear()
diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_web_services.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_web_services.py
index d720b1f1d..b6fed16dc 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_web_services.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_web_services.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.network
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not _OWSLIB_AVAILABLE, reason='OWSLib is unavailable.')
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(filename='wmts.png', tolerance=0.03)
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason='NASA servers are returning bad content metadata')
 def test_wmts():
     ax = plt.axes(projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
     url = 'https://map1c.vis.earthdata.nasa.gov/wmts-geo/wmts.cgi'