diff --git a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/io/test_dataframe_conversion.py b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/io/test_dataframe_conversion.py
index 7cb997153729e..7a4c635ee2941 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/io/test_dataframe_conversion.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/pandas/tests/io/test_dataframe_conversion.py
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@
 from pyspark import pandas as ps
 from pyspark.testing.pandasutils import PandasOnSparkTestCase, TestUtils
 from pyspark.testing.sqlutils import SQLTestUtils
-from pyspark.testing.utils import have_jinja2, jinja2_requirement_message
+from pyspark.testing.utils import (
+    have_openpyxl,
+    openpyxl_requirement_message,
+    have_jinja2,
+    jinja2_requirement_message,
+)
 
 
 class DataFrameConversionMixin:
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ def get_excel_dfs(pandas_on_spark_location, pandas_location):
             "expected": pd.read_excel(pandas_location, index_col=0),
         }
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(not have_openpyxl, openpyxl_requirement_message)
     def test_to_excel(self):
         with self.temp_dir() as dirpath:
             pandas_location = dirpath + "/" + "output1.xlsx"
diff --git a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
index a89add74ca8f8..d5f097065dc5c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ def have_package(name: str) -> bool:
 have_jinja2 = have_package("jinja2")
 jinja2_requirement_message = None if have_jinja2 else "No module named 'jinja2'"
 
+have_openpyxl = have_package("openpyxl")
+openpyxl_requirement_message = None if have_openpyxl else "No module named 'openpyxl'"
+
 pandas_requirement_message = None
 try:
     from pyspark.sql.pandas.utils import require_minimum_pandas_version