diff --git a/tests/networks/nets/test_transchex.py b/tests/networks/nets/test_transchex.py
index f10c914f0d..1816bc2dd8 100644
--- a/tests/networks/nets/test_transchex.py
+++ b/tests/networks/nets/test_transchex.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from monai.networks import eval_mode
 from monai.networks.nets.transchex import Transchex
-from tests.test_utils import skip_if_quick
+from tests.test_utils import skip_if_downloading_fails, skip_if_quick
 
 TEST_CASE_TRANSCHEX = []
 for drop_out in [0.4]:
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 class TestTranschex(unittest.TestCase):
     @parameterized.expand(TEST_CASE_TRANSCHEX)
     def test_shape(self, input_param, expected_shape):
-        net = Transchex(**input_param)
+        with skip_if_downloading_fails():
+            net = Transchex(**input_param)
         with eval_mode(net):
             result = net(torch.randint(2, (2, 512)), torch.randint(2, (2, 512)), torch.randn((2, 3, 224, 224)))
             self.assertEqual(result.shape, expected_shape)