diff --git a/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py b/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
index 5f5e366c62..59e449ea56 100644
--- a/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
+++ b/evadb/utils/generic_utils.py
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ def is_qdrant_available() -> bool:
         return False
 
 
+def is_pinecone_available() -> bool:
+    try:
+        try_to_import_pinecone_client()
+        return True
+    except ValueError:  # noqa: E722
+        return False
+
+
 ##############################
 ## UTILS
 ##############################
diff --git a/test/integration_tests/long/test_similarity.py b/test/integration_tests/long/test_similarity.py
index 080e73e4c4..9b30682cc1 100644
--- a/test/integration_tests/long/test_similarity.py
+++ b/test/integration_tests/long/test_similarity.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import time
 import unittest
-from test.markers import qdrant_skip_marker
+from test.markers import pinecone_skip_marker, qdrant_skip_marker
 from test.util import (
     create_sample_image,
     get_evadb_for_testing,
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ def test_end_to_end_index_scan_should_work_correctly_on_image_dataset_qdrant(sel
         # Cleanup
         self.evadb.catalog().drop_index_catalog_entry("testQdrantIndexImageDataset")
 
+    @pinecone_skip_marker
     def test_end_to_end_index_scan_should_work_correctly_on_image_dataset_pinecone(
         self,
     ):
diff --git a/test/markers.py b/test/markers.py
index ae5b6acebb..0157a57ac7 100644
--- a/test/markers.py
+++ b/test/markers.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     is_forecast_available,
     is_gpu_available,
     is_ludwig_available,
+    is_pinecone_available,
     is_qdrant_available,
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@
     reason="qdrant requires grcpio which is broken on 3.11",
 )
 
+pinecone_skip_marker = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    is_pinecone_available() is False,
+    reason="skipping since pinecone is not installed",
+)
+
 windows_skip_marker = pytest.mark.skipif(
     sys.platform == "win32", reason="Test case not supported on Windows"
 )