diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0d25379..7da41a3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: ensembldb
 Type: Package
 Title: Utilities to create and use Ensembl-based annotation databases
-Version: 2.24.0
+Version: 2.24.1
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Johannes", family = "Rainer",
 	   email = "johannes.rainer@eurac.edu",
 	   role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/inst/NEWS b/inst/NEWS
index 6c0b818..274a9a6 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS
+++ b/inst/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes in version 2.24.1
+
+- Avoid reading ftp file from Ensembl in unit test.
+
 Changes in version 2.23.2
 
 - Fix SQLite database names to include also the subspecies.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_functions-create-EnsDb.R b/tests/testthat/test_functions-create-EnsDb.R
index d81ad7f..b3ccff9 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_functions-create-EnsDb.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_functions-create-EnsDb.R
@@ -249,12 +249,4 @@ test_that(".read_lines_compressed works", {
 
     res_2 <- .read_lines_compressed(fl, n = 10)
     expect_equal(res_2[1L], "#!genome-build ASM96941v1")
-
-    fl <- paste0(
-        "ftp://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-102/gtf/",
-        "homo_sapiens/Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.102.gtf.gz"
-    )
-    expect_warning(res <- readLines(fl, n = 2))
-    res_2 <- .read_lines_compressed(fl, n = 2)
-    expect_equal(res_2[1L], "#!genome-build GRCh38.p13")
 })