diff --git a/internal/corazawaf/transaction_test.go b/internal/corazawaf/transaction_test.go
index 64d548546..07881c092 100644
--- a/internal/corazawaf/transaction_test.go
+++ b/internal/corazawaf/transaction_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/experimental/plugins/plugintypes"
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/collections"
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/corazarules"
+	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/environment"
 	utils "github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/strings"
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/types"
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/types/variables"
@@ -1731,6 +1732,9 @@ func TestForceRequestBodyOverride(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCloseFails(t *testing.T) {
+	if !environment.HasAccessToFS {
+		t.Skip("skipping test as it requires access to filesystem")
+	}
 	waf := NewWAF()
 	tx := waf.NewTransaction()
 	col := tx.Variables().FilesTmpNames().(*collections.Map)
diff --git a/internal/seclang/directives_test.go b/internal/seclang/directives_test.go
index b5b47b777..373f100be 100644
--- a/internal/seclang/directives_test.go
+++ b/internal/seclang/directives_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/corazawaf"
+	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/internal/environment"
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/types"
 )
 
@@ -165,11 +166,6 @@ func TestDirectives(t *testing.T) {
 			{"", expectErrorOnDirective},
 			{"1000", func(w *corazawaf.WAF) bool { return w.UploadFileLimit == 1000 }},
 		},
-		"SecUploadDir": {
-			{"", expectErrorOnDirective},
-			{"/tmp-non-existing", expectErrorOnDirective},
-			{os.TempDir(), func(w *corazawaf.WAF) bool { return w.UploadDir == os.TempDir() }},
-		},
 		"SecSensorId": {
 			{"", expectErrorOnDirective},
 			{"test", func(w *corazawaf.WAF) bool { return w.SensorID == "test" }},
@@ -315,6 +311,13 @@ func TestDirectives(t *testing.T) {
 			{"1000", func(waf *corazawaf.WAF) bool { return waf.ArgumentLimit == 1000 }},
 		},
 	}
+	if environment.HasAccessToFS {
+		directiveCases["SecUploadDir"] = []directiveCase{
+			{"", expectErrorOnDirective},
+			{"/tmp-non-existing", expectErrorOnDirective},
+			{os.TempDir(), func(w *corazawaf.WAF) bool { return w.UploadDir == os.TempDir() }},
+		}
+	}
 
 	for name, dCases := range directiveCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {