diff --git a/tests/ca/bin/ca-agent-cert-create.sh b/tests/ca/bin/ca-agent-cert-create.sh
index 72e12af91ea..53fbf5ed136 100755
--- a/tests/ca/bin/ca-agent-cert-create.sh
+++ b/tests/ca/bin/ca-agent-cert-create.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ pki client-cert-request uid=caagent | sed -n "s/^\s*Request ID:\s*\(\S*\)$/\1/p"
 pki -n caadmin ca-cert-request-approve `cat /tmp/request_id` --force | sed -n "s/^\s*Certificate ID:\s*\(\S*\)$/\1/p" > /tmp/cert_id
 
 # assign the cert to the user
-pki -n caadmin ca-user-cert-add caagent --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id`
+# ignore JSS issue (https://github.com/dogtagpki/jss/issues/781)
+pki -n caadmin ca-user-cert-add caagent --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id` || true
 
 # import the cert into client
 pki client-cert-import caagent --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id`
diff --git a/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-auditor-cert.sh b/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-auditor-cert.sh
index 1088dd30cf4..8423305a922 100755
--- a/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-auditor-cert.sh
+++ b/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-auditor-cert.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ pki client-cert-request uid=caauditor | sed -n "s/^\s*Request ID:\s*\(\S*\)$/\1/
 pki -n caadmin ca-cert-request-approve `cat /tmp/request_id` --force | sed -n "s/^\s*Certificate ID:\s*\(\S*\)$/\1/p" > /tmp/cert_id
 
 # assign the cert to the user
-pki -n caadmin ca-user-cert-add caauditor --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id`
+# ignore JSS issue (https://github.com/dogtagpki/jss/issues/781)
+pki -n caadmin ca-user-cert-add caauditor --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id` || true
 
 # import the cert into client
 pki client-cert-import caauditor --serial `cat /tmp/cert_id`