diff --git a/dev-python/sphinx-notfound-page/sphinx-notfound-page-1.0.4.ebuild b/dev-python/sphinx-notfound-page/sphinx-notfound-page-1.0.4.ebuild
index 6625d7e7b4729..16ec2cf30bf51 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinx-notfound-page/sphinx-notfound-page-1.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sphinx-notfound-page/sphinx-notfound-page-1.0.4.ebuild
@@ -32,4 +32,15 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
 	# calls sphinx-build directly, works around venv
 	tests/test_urls.py::test_parallel_build
+
+	# broken upstream (mismatch with new dev-python/sphinx?)
+	# https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-notfound-page/issues/249
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_default_settings
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_urls_prefix_setting
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_urls_prefix_setting_none
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_custom_404_rst_source
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_urls_for_dirhtml_builder
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_toctree_urls_notfound_default
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_toctree_links
+	tests/test_urls.py::test_toctree_links_custom_settings
 )