--- t/release-pod-syntax.t
+++ t/release-pod-syntax.t
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BEGIN {
# This file was automatically generated by Dist::Zilla::Plugin::PodSyntaxTests.
use Test::More;
-use Test::Pod 1.41;
+eval "use Test::Pod 1.41";
+plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.41 required for testing POD" if $@;
all_pod_files_ok();