diff --git a/pycurl_requests/tests/test_exceptions.py b/pycurl_requests/tests/test_exceptions.py
index 2415ba8..6960615 100644
--- a/pycurl_requests/tests/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/pycurl_requests/tests/test_exceptions.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_connecterror_resolve():
     if IS_PYCURL_REQUESTS:
         assert isinstance(exception.__cause__, pycurl.error)
         assert exception.curl_code == pycurl.E_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST
-        assert 'Could not resolve host' in exception.curl_message
+        assert 't resolve host' in exception.curl_message
 
 
 def test_toomanyredirects(http_server):
diff --git a/pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py b/pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py
index 7d2c627..850d530 100644
--- a/pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/pycurl_requests/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ def test_get_timeout_urllib3(http_server, timeout):
         requests.get(http_server.base_url + '/slow', timeout=timeout)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("not compatible with network-sandbox")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('timeout', [0.1, (0.1, None)])
 def test_get_connect_timeout(http_server, timeout):
     with pytest.raises(requests.Timeout):
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ def test_get_connect_timeout(http_server, timeout):
         requests.get(http_server.base_url + '/slow', timeout=timeout)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip("not compatible with network-sandbox")
 @pytest.mark.skipif('urllib3' not in sys.modules, reason='urllib3 not available')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('timeout', [Timeout(connect=0.1), Timeout(total=0.1)])
 def test_get_connect_timeout_urllib3(http_server, timeout):