diff --git a/deselected_tests.yaml b/deselected_tests.yaml
index d96ae6adb7..2ab5fb6fa2 100755
--- a/deselected_tests.yaml
+++ b/deselected_tests.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 #  will exclude deselection in versions 0.18.1, and 0.18.2 only.
 
 deselected_tests:
+  # Array API support
+  # sklearnex functional Array API support doesn't guaranty namespace consistency for the estimator's array attributes.
+  - decomposition/tests/test_pca.py::test_pca_array_api_compliance[PCA(n_components=2,svd_solver='covariance_eigh')-check_array_api_input_and_values-array_api_strict-None-None]
+  - decomposition/tests/test_pca.py::test_pca_array_api_compliance[PCA(n_components=2,svd_solver='covariance_eigh',whiten=True)-check_array_api_input_and_values-array_api_strict-None-None]
+  - linear_model/tests/test_ridge.py::test_ridge_array_api_compliance[Ridge(solver='svd')-check_array_api_input_and_values-array_api_strict-None-None]
+
   # 'kulsinski' distance was deprecated in scipy 1.11 but still marked as supported in scikit-learn < 1.3
   - neighbors/tests/test_neighbors.py::test_kneighbors_brute_backend[float64-kulsinski] <1.3
   - neighbors/tests/test_neighbors.py::test_radius_neighbors_brute_backend[kulsinski] <1.3
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index d9de92c2da..8cc7049d33 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ xgboost==2.1.1
 lightgbm==4.5.0
 catboost==1.2.7 ; python_version < '3.11' # TODO: Remove 3.11 condition when catboost supports numpy 2.0
 shap==0.46.0
+array-api-compat==1.8.0
 array-api-strict==2.0.1