diff --git a/tests/e2e/catalog.yml b/tests/e2e/catalog.yml
index 3881d67..f0a5cfe 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/catalog.yml
+++ b/tests/e2e/catalog.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ packages:
     category: core
     dist: ubuntu
     tags: [c, meson, init]
+    xfail: FTBFS against python3-lxml 6.1 - it no longer consults custom resolvers for parameter entities, so make-directive-index fails with 'Entity entities not defined' on the man pages - distro toolchain change, package-side
 
   # --- server ---------------------------------------------------------------
   - name: nginx