diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
index f77764059..74d88ebde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
           echo ${s5cmd_version} | grep -q "^v2.2.1"  || {
              echo " Error: the version of s5cmd version in the  toolbox is not the expected v2.2.1 but ${s5cmd_version}"
              exit 1
-          } 
+          }
 
       - name: check-ownerreferences
         run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh check_ownerreferences
@@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ jobs:
 
   encryption-pvc-kms-ibm-kp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci')"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: