diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JInceptionV3NetTest.java b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JInceptionV3NetTest.java
index 0fb8fc0ba6..2d19d1d22b 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JInceptionV3NetTest.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JInceptionV3NetTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void recognise() throws Exception {
             config = new TikaConfig(is);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (e.getMessage() != null && (e.getMessage().contains("Connection refused") ||
-                    e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out"))) {
+                    e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out") || e.getMessage().contains("404"))) {
                 assumeTrue(false, "skipping test because of connection issue");
             }
             throw e;
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
index fcf157eb77..83ce2e9909 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-ml/tika-dl/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/dl/imagerec/DL4JVGG16NetTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void recognise() throws Exception {
             config = new TikaConfig(is);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (e.getMessage() != null && (e.getMessage().contains("Connection refused") ||
-                    e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out"))) {
+                    e.getMessage().contains("connect timed out") || e.getMessage().contains("404"))) {
                 assumeTrue(false, "skipping test because of connection issue");
             }
             throw e;