diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0c52140f..75b7eb53 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 - make sure the `main` branch is up to date (check pytest warnings, important issues solved, all pullrequests and branches closed)
 - bump the versionnumber with `bumpversion minor`
 - update `docs/whats-new.md` and add a date to the current release heading
-- run local testbank
+- run local testbank with `pytest -m "not era5slow and not requireslocaldata and not acceptance"`
 - local check with: `python -m build` and `twine check dist/*` ([does not work on WCF](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4133))
 - commit+push to github via PR
 - copy the dfm_tools version from [pyproject.toml](https://github.com/Deltares/dfm_tools/blob/main/pyproject.toml) (e.g. `0.11.0`)