diff --git a/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt b/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
index 3eac4e5..eac18d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@
   bazel test --test_tag_filters=-docker //...
 ----
 
+To exclude tests that require very recent git client version:
+
+----
+  bazel test --test_tag_filters=-git-protocol-v2 //...
+----
+
 To ignore cached test results:
 
 ----
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@
 * edit
 * elastic
 * git
+* git-protocol-v2
 * notedb
 * pgm
 * rest
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/BUILD b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/BUILD
index 6a6f5ad..4184f1f 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/BUILD
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 acceptance_tests(
     srcs = glob(["*IT.java"]),
     group = "git",
-    labels = ["git"],
+    labels = ["git-protocol-v2"],
 )
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/GitProtocolV2IT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/GitProtocolV2IT.java
index 22981f0..162f73a 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/GitProtocolV2IT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/integration/git/GitProtocolV2IT.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.integration.git;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static com.google.common.truth.TruthJUnit.assume;
 import static com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.TestProjectUpdate.allow;
 import static com.google.gerrit.acceptance.testsuite.project.TestProjectUpdate.deny;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
@@ -63,8 +62,9 @@
     GitClientVersion requiredGitVersion = new GitClientVersion(2, 18, 0);
     GitClientVersion actualGitVersion =
         new GitClientVersion(execute(ImmutableList.of("git", "version")));
-    // If not found, test succeeds with assumption violation
-    assume().that(actualGitVersion).isAtLeast(requiredGitVersion);
+    // If git client version cannot be updated, consider to skip this tests. Due to
+    // an existing issue in bazel, JUnit assumption violation feature cannot be used.
+    assertThat(actualGitVersion).isAtLeast(requiredGitVersion);
 
     try (ServerContext ctx = startServer()) {
       ctx.getInjector().injectMembers(this);