diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
index 325056b789162..4a7729dc15671 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_analytics.py
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ def test_value_counts_with_nan(self):
         "dtype",
         ["int_", "uint", "float_", "unicode_", "timedelta64[h]",
          pytest.param("datetime64[D]",
-                      marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="GH#7996"))]
+                      marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="GH#7996", strict=False))]
     )
     def test_drop_duplicates_categorical_non_bool(self, dtype,
                                                   ordered_fixture):