diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf659a351a57..c3f993c53202 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Also, that release drops support for Python 3.9, making Python 3.10 the minimum
 * Updated QR tests to avoid element-wise comparisons for `raw` and `r` modes [#2785](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2785)
 * Moved all SYCL kernel functors from `backend/extensions/` to a unified `backend/kernels/` directory hierarchy [#2816](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2816)
 * `dpnp` uses pybind11 3.0.3 [#2834](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2834)
+* Disabled `dpnp.tensor` tests by default in conda recipe to prevent OOM failures during package testing [#2859](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2859)
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/run_test.bat b/conda-recipe/run_test.bat
index f6f6a061c5fa..41464cd43341 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/run_test.bat
+++ b/conda-recipe/run_test.bat
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ if not defined PYTHON (
 )
 
 
+REM Skip tensor tests by default to avoid OOM in conda builds.
+REM Set SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS=0 to run them on machines with enough memory.
+if not defined SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS (
+    set "SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS=1"
+)
+
 "%PYTHON%" -c "import dpnp; print(dpnp.__version__)"
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit 1
 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/run_test.sh b/conda-recipe/run_test.sh
index b2c96df36242..5ffeaf2ec1b0 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/run_test.sh
+++ b/conda-recipe/run_test.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ if [ -z "${PYTHON}" ]; then
     PYTHON=$PREFIX/bin/python
 fi
 
+# Skip tensor tests by default to avoid OOM in conda builds.
+# Set SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS=0 to run them on machines with enough memory.
+if [ -z "${SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS}" ]; then
+    export SKIP_TENSOR_TESTS=1
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 $PYTHON -c "import dpnp; print(dpnp.__version__)"