diff --git a/tests/test_reactive.py b/tests/test_reactive.py
index 9351ac4e4..f0db5dcdf 100644
--- a/tests/test_reactive.py
+++ b/tests/test_reactive.py
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ async def test_public_and_private_watch() -> None:
         assert calls["public"] is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/2539")
 async def test_public_and_private_validate() -> None:
     """If a reactive/var has public and private validate both should get called."""
 
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ async def test_public_and_private_validate() -> None:
         assert calls["public"] is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/2539")
 async def test_public_and_private_compute() -> None:
     """If a reactive/var has public and private compute both should get called."""