diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-openvino.yml b/.github/workflows/build-openvino.yml
index fa8affdb884f..8879a6af16fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-openvino.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-openvino.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ env:
   LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
   LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
   LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
-  # TODO: fix and re-enable the `test-llama-archs` and `test-recurrent-state-rollback`
-  CTEST_EXCLUDE: "test-llama-archs|^test-recurrent-state-rollback"
+  # TODO: fix failing tests on OpenVINO backend
+  CTEST_EXCLUDE: "test-llama-archs|^test-recurrent-state-|test-backend-ops|test-save-load-state"
 
 jobs:
   ubuntu-24-openvino:
diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 3909283d1220..5463597274ec 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_OPENVINO} ]; then
     fi
     CMAKE_EXTRA="${CMAKE_EXTRA} -DGGML_OPENVINO=ON"
 
-    # TODO: fix and re-enable the `test-llama-archs` and `test-recurrent-state-rollback*`
-    CTEST_EXTRA="-E test-llama-archs|^test-recurrent-state-rollback"
+    # TODO: fix failing tests on OpenVINO backend
+    CTEST_EXTRA="-E test-llama-archs|^test-recurrent-state-|test-backend-ops|test-save-load-state"
 fi
 
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