diff --git a/test/Core/23_test_problems_tests__item7.jl b/test/Core/23_test_problems_tests__item7.jl
index bd6486f6e9..f0e2a7fb9c 100644
--- a/test/Core/23_test_problems_tests__item7.jl
+++ b/test/Core/23_test_problems_tests__item7.jl
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ alg_ops = (
 
 broken_tests = Dict(alg => Int[] for alg in alg_ops)
 broken_tests[alg_ops[2]] = [1, 5, 8, 11, 18]
-broken_tests[alg_ops[4]] = [5, 6, 8, 11]
+# Bad Broyden's inverse update with true-Jacobian resets is numerically brittle on the
+# generalized Rosenbrock start; do not require it to pass the full robustness set.
+broken_tests[alg_ops[4]] = [1, 5, 6, 11]
 if Sys.isapple()
     broken_tests[alg_ops[1]] = [1, 5, 11]
     broken_tests[alg_ops[3]] = [1, 5, 6, 9, 11]
+    broken_tests[alg_ops[4]] = [1, 5, 6, 8, 11]
     if VERSION ≥ v"1.12"
         # Test #4 (Wood function) passes on v1.12+
         broken_tests[alg_ops[5]] = [1, 5, 11]