diff --git a/tests/components/habitica/conftest.py b/tests/components/habitica/conftest.py
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+"""Tests for the habitica component."""
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def disable_plumbum():
+    """Disable plumbum in tests as it can cause the test suite to fail.
+
+    plumbum can leave behind PlumbumTimeoutThreads
+    """
+    with patch("plumbum.local"), patch("plumbum.colors"):
+        yield