diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7f5c07cbb..7a6690c21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ jobs:
             $DURATIONS_ARG \
             --durations=10 \
             -n auto \
-            --maxfail=3
+            --maxfail=3 \
+            -m "not requires_local_services"
 
       - name: Save uv caches
         if: steps.cache-restore.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa045182e..325b60ebb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ exclude_dirs = ["src/crewai/cli/templates"]
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 markers = [
     "telemetry: mark test as a telemetry test (don't mock telemetry)",
+    "requires_local_services: mark test as requiring local services like Ollama (skip in CI)",
 ]
 
 [[tool.uv.index]]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b84950a3a..072e57198 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -162,11 +162,12 @@ def mock_opentelemetry_components():
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def vcr_config(request) -> dict:
     import os
-    # In CI, use once mode to fail if cassette doesn't exist
+    # In CI, use none mode to never record new requests
     # Locally, use new_episodes to record new cassettes
-    record_mode = "once" if os.getenv("CI") else "new_episodes"
+    record_mode = "none" if os.getenv("CI") else "new_episodes"
     return {
         "cassette_library_dir": "tests/cassettes",
         "record_mode": record_mode,
         "filter_headers": [("authorization", "AUTHORIZATION-XXX")],
+        "match_on": ["method", "scheme", "host", "port", "path", "query"],
     }