diff --git a/bilby/core/utils/constants.py b/bilby/core/utils/constants.py
index 43250259cb47bd1aff4bb0ce3e32daae7e474213..8dbec27da74cb03d7e5e1a23950a0cf6eb60208c 100644
--- a/bilby/core/utils/constants.py
+++ b/bilby/core/utils/constants.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 speed_of_light = 299792458.0  # m/s
 parsec = 3.085677581491367e+16  # m
-solar_mass = 1.9884099021470415e+30  # Kg
+solar_mass = 1.988409870698050731911960804878414216e30  # Kg
 radius_of_earth = 6378136.6  # m
 gravitational_constant = 6.6743e-11  # m^3 kg^-1 s^-2
diff --git a/test/gw/utils_test.py b/test/gw/utils_test.py
index a63c3ae0dde56686c5e28450f117241c864d16ba..f2aeb1c78ad3b1c0c2a4c5b22f2a35cac9d632ea 100644
--- a/test/gw/utils_test.py
+++ b/test/gw/utils_test.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import lalsimulation as lalsim
 from gwpy.timeseries import TimeSeries
 from gwpy.detector import Channel
 from scipy.stats import ks_2samp
+import pytest
 
 import bilby
 from bilby.gw import utils as gwutils
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class TestGWUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(mfsnr, 25.510869054168282)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="GWOSC unstable: avoiding this test")
     def test_get_event_time(self):
         from urllib3.exceptions import NewConnectionError
         events = [