diff --git a/test/test_pipelines.py b/test/test_pipelines.py
index 1903f758f..c40e6d3b1 100644
--- a/test/test_pipelines.py
+++ b/test/test_pipelines.py
@@ -3,20 +3,6 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 import transformers
-from transformers import (
-    AudioClassificationPipeline,
-    AutomaticSpeechRecognitionPipeline,
-    DocumentQuestionAnsweringPipeline,
-    FeatureExtractionPipeline,
-    FillMaskPipeline,
-    ImageClassificationPipeline,
-    ObjectDetectionPipeline,
-    QuestionAnsweringPipeline,
-    TextClassificationPipeline,
-    TextGenerationPipeline,
-    VisualQuestionAnsweringPipeline,
-    ZeroShotClassificationPipeline,
-)
 
 import gradio as gr
 from gradio.pipelines_utils import (
@@ -24,6 +10,14 @@ from gradio.pipelines_utils import (
 )
 
 
+def _get_pipeline_cls(name: str):
+    """Resolve a pipeline class by name from transformers, returning None if it
+    was removed in the installed version."""
+    return getattr(transformers, name, None) or getattr(
+        transformers.pipelines, name, None
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.flaky
 def test_interface_in_blocks():
     pipe1 = transformers.pipeline(model="deepset/roberta-base-squad2")  # type: ignore
@@ -50,50 +44,66 @@ def test_transformers_load_from_pipeline():
 
 
 class TestHandleTransformersPipelines(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _require(self, name: str):
+        """Return the pipeline class or skip the test if it was removed."""
+        cls = _get_pipeline_cls(name)
+        if cls is None:
+            self.skipTest(
+                f"{name} not available in transformers {transformers.__version__}"
+            )
+        return cls
+
     def test_audio_classification_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=AudioClassificationPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("AudioClassificationPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Class"
 
     def test_automatic_speech_recognition_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=AutomaticSpeechRecognitionPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("AutomaticSpeechRecognitionPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Output"
 
     def test_object_detection_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=ObjectDetectionPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("ObjectDetectionPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input Image"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Objects Detected"
 
     def test_feature_extraction_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=FeatureExtractionPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("FeatureExtractionPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Output"
 
     def test_fill_mask_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=FillMaskPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("FillMaskPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Classification"
 
     def test_image_classification_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=ImageClassificationPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("ImageClassificationPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input Image"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Classification"
 
     def test_question_answering_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=QuestionAnsweringPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("QuestionAnsweringPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"][0].label == "Context"
@@ -102,21 +112,24 @@ class TestHandleTransformersPipelines(unittest.TestCase):
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"][1].label == "Score"
 
     def test_text_classification_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=TextClassificationPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("TextClassificationPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Classification"
 
     def test_text_generation_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=TextGenerationPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("TextGenerationPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"].label == "Input"
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Output"
 
     def test_zero_shot_classification_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=ZeroShotClassificationPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("ZeroShotClassificationPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"][0].label == "Input"
@@ -127,7 +140,8 @@ class TestHandleTransformersPipelines(unittest.TestCase):
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Classification"
 
     def test_document_question_answering_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=DocumentQuestionAnsweringPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("DocumentQuestionAnsweringPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"][0].label == "Input Document"
@@ -135,7 +149,8 @@ class TestHandleTransformersPipelines(unittest.TestCase):
         assert pipeline_info["outputs"].label == "Label"
 
     def test_visual_question_answering_pipeline(self):
-        pipe = MagicMock(spec=VisualQuestionAnsweringPipeline)
+        cls = self._require("VisualQuestionAnsweringPipeline")
+        pipe = MagicMock(spec=cls)
         pipeline_info = handle_transformers_pipeline(pipe)
         assert pipeline_info is not None
         assert pipeline_info["inputs"][0].label == "Input Image"