diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/quic/max-history-length.zeek b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/quic/max-history-length.zeek
index 19362846c7..25dd2989ea 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/quic/max-history-length.zeek
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/protocols/quic/max-history-length.zeek
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # @TEST-DOC: Test that runs the pcap
+#
+# @TEST-REQUIRES: ${SCRIPTS}/have-spicy
 # @TEST-EXEC: zeek -Cr $TRACES/quic/firefox-102.13.0esr-blog-cloudflare-com.pcap base/protocols/quic QUIC::max_history_length=3
 # @TEST-EXEC: zeek-cut -m ts uid history < quic.log > quic.log.cut
 # @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff quic.log.cut