diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index e1c5e005e0..c3d66ecaf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pytest --doctest-modules
           pytest docs
+        env:
+          COMPAS_FAB_INTEGRATION_TESTS: 1
       - name: Tear down docker containers
         run: |
           docker-compose -f "tests/integration_setup/docker-compose.yml" down
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a3d431e56..c047bb8798 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed
 
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed integration tests failing in CI by adding environment variable check to skip ROS-dependent tests when ROS backend is not available.
+
 
 ## [1.1.2] 2025-10-31
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/conftest.py b/docs/examples/conftest.py
index b00d9f97ff..68c83f56c7 100644
--- a/docs/examples/conftest.py
+++ b/docs/examples/conftest.py
@@ -10,12 +10,32 @@
 
 LITERALPYTHON_START = re.compile(r"\.\.\s*literalinclude\s*::(.*\.py)")
 LITERALPYTHON_END = re.compile(r"(\n\Z|\n(?=\S))")
+
+# Files that should always be ignored
 IGNORES = [
     "files/01_ros_*.py",
     "files/03_robot_rhino*.py",
     "files/04_cartesian_path_analytic_pybullet.py",
 ]
 
+# Files that require ROS backend - only run in integration tests
+ROS_REQUIRED_FILES = [
+    "files/02_robot_model.py",
+    "files/02_robot_model_urdf.py",
+    "files/03_forward_kinematics.py",
+    "files/03_inverse_kinematics.py",
+    "files/03_iter_inverse_kinematics.py",
+    "files/04_plan_cartesian_motion.py",
+    "files/04_plan_motion.py",
+    "files/05_add_collision_mesh.py",
+    "files/05_append_collision_meshes.py",
+    "files/05_attach_ee.py",
+]
+
+# Add ROS-required files to ignores if not running integration tests
+if not os.environ.get("COMPAS_FAB_INTEGRATION_TESTS"):
+    IGNORES.extend(ROS_REQUIRED_FILES)
+
 
 def evaluate_literalinclude_python_blocks(block_match):
     source_path = os.path.dirname(block_match.path)