diff --git a/tests/test_warp.py b/tests/test_warp.py
index 4ed1562b29..37a8551241 100644
--- a/tests/test_warp.py
+++ b/tests/test_warp.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from monai.config.deviceconfig import USE_COMPILED
 from monai.networks.blocks.warp import Warp
 from monai.utils import GridSampleMode, GridSamplePadMode
+from tests.utils import SkipIfBeforePyTorchVersion
 
 LOW_POWER_TEST_CASES = [  # run with BUILD_MONAI=1 to test csrc/resample, BUILD_MONAI=0 to test native grid_sample
     [
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ def test_ill_shape(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, ""):
             warp_layer(image=torch.arange(4).reshape((1, 1, 2, 2)).to(dtype=torch.float), ddf=torch.zeros(1, 2, 3, 3))
 
+    @SkipIfBeforePyTorchVersion((1, 8))
     def test_grad(self):
         for b in GridSampleMode:
             for p in GridSamplePadMode: