diff --git a/test/msnodesqlv8/msnodesqlv8.js b/test/msnodesqlv8/msnodesqlv8.js
index 12f72c1e..b3d86657 100644
--- a/test/msnodesqlv8/msnodesqlv8.js
+++ b/test/msnodesqlv8/msnodesqlv8.js
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ describe('msnodesqlv8', function () {
     it('connection healthy works', done => TESTS['connection healthy works'](config(), done))
     it('healthy connection goes bad', done => TESTS['healthy connection goes bad'](config(), done))
     it('request timeout', done => TESTS['request timeout'](done))
-    it('BigInt parameters', done => TESTS['BigInt parameters'](done))
-    it('BigInt casted types', done => TESTS['BigInt casted types'](done))
+    // skip these whilst nodesqlv8 doesnt support returning bigint as strings
+    it.skip('BigInt parameters', done => TESTS['BigInt parameters'](done))
+    it.skip('BigInt casted types', done => TESTS['BigInt casted types'](done))
     it('dataLength type correction', done => TESTS['dataLength type correction'](done))
     it('chunked xml support', done => TESTS['chunked xml support'](done))