diff --git a/values_test.go b/values_test.go
index 00122c01..9e8669fa 100644
--- a/values_test.go
+++ b/values_test.go
@@ -742,6 +742,10 @@ func TestPointerPointer(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	testWithAndWithoutPreferSimpleProtocol(t, func(t *testing.T, conn *pgx.Conn) {
+		if conn.PgConn().ParameterStatus("crdb_version") != "" {
+			t.Skip("Server auto converts ints to bigint and test relies on exact types")
+		}
+
 		type allTypes struct {
 			s   *string
 			i16 *int16