diff --git a/homeassistant/components/yale/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/yale/manifest.json
index d6da9ba3993..115036b96d5 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/yale/manifest.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/yale/manifest.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "name": "Yale",
   "codeowners": ["@bdraco"],
   "config_flow": true,
+  "dependencies": ["application_credentials", "cloud"],
   "dhcp": [
     {
       "hostname": "yale-connect-plus",
diff --git a/tests/components/yale/conftest.py b/tests/components/yale/conftest.py
index c890087ad12..3e633430846 100644
--- a/tests/components/yale/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/yale/conftest.py
@@ -57,3 +57,16 @@ def load_reauth_jwt_wrong_account_fixture() -> str:
 async def mock_client_credentials_fixture(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     """Mock client credentials."""
     await mock_client_credentials(hass)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="skip_cloud", autouse=True)
+def skip_cloud_fixture():
+    """Skip setting up cloud.
+
+    Cloud already has its own tests for account link.
+
+    We do not need to test it here as we only need to test our
+    usage of the oauth2 helpers.
+    """
+    with patch("homeassistant.components.cloud.async_setup", return_value=True):
+        yield