diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-bs4_book.R b/tests/testthat/helper-bs4_book.R
index d6c83f131..d3fa9b28d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper-bs4_book.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-bs4_book.R
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ local_bs4_book <- function(name = "book",
                            env = parent.frame()) {
 
   # don't run test using this book skeleton when Pandoc is not available
-  skip_if_not_pandoc()
+  skip_if_not_pandoc('2.0')
 
   path <- local_book(name = name, title = title, author = author,
     description = description, url = url, verbose = verbose, env = env)