diff --git a/skops/io/tests/test_external.py b/skops/io/tests/test_external.py
index fc58f5f4..f9edcffc 100644
--- a/skops/io/tests/test_external.py
+++ b/skops/io/tests/test_external.py
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ def trusted(self):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("boosting_type", boosting_types)
     def test_classifier(self, catboost, cb_clf_data, trusted, boosting_type):
-        estimator = catboost.CatBoostClassifier(boosting_type=boosting_type)
+        estimator = catboost.CatBoostClassifier(
+            verbose=False, boosting_type=boosting_type
+        )
         loaded = loads(dumps(estimator), trusted=trusted)
         assert_params_equal(estimator.get_params(), loaded.get_params())
 
@@ -293,7 +295,9 @@ def test_classifier(self, catboost, cb_clf_data, trusted, boosting_type):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("boosting_type", boosting_types)
     def test_regressor(self, catboost, cb_regr_data, trusted, boosting_type):
-        estimator = catboost.CatBoostRegressor(boosting_type=boosting_type)
+        estimator = catboost.CatBoostRegressor(
+            verbose=False, boosting_type=boosting_type
+        )
         loaded = loads(dumps(estimator), trusted=trusted)
         assert_params_equal(estimator.get_params(), loaded.get_params())
 
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ def test_regressor(self, catboost, cb_regr_data, trusted, boosting_type):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("boosting_type", boosting_types)
     def test_ranker(self, catboost, cb_rank_data, trusted, boosting_type):
-        estimator = catboost.CatBoostRanker(boosting_type=boosting_type)
+        estimator = catboost.CatBoostRanker(verbose=False, boosting_type=boosting_type)
         loaded = loads(dumps(estimator), trusted=trusted)
         assert_params_equal(estimator.get_params(), loaded.get_params())