diff --git a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/widget_tester.dart b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/widget_tester.dart
index eb8988960b5..5193f9cae78 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/widget_tester.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_test/lib/src/widget_tester.dart
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ typedef WidgetTesterCallback = Future<void> Function(WidgetTester widgetTester);
 void testWidgets(
   String description,
   WidgetTesterCallback callback, {
-  bool skip = false,
+  bool? skip,
   test_package.Timeout? timeout,
   Duration? initialTimeout,
   bool semanticsEnabled = true,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_test.dart b/packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_test.dart
index 7ce6c61549b..458ced8ac17 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_test.dart
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ void main() {
     });
   });
 
+  group('respects the group skip flag', () {
+    testWidgets('should be skipped', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      expect(false, true);
+    });
+  }, skip: true);
+
   group('findsOneWidget', () {
     testWidgets('finds exactly one widget', (WidgetTester tester) async {
       await tester.pumpWidget(const Text('foo', textDirection: TextDirection.ltr));