diff --git a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ActiveOperationalDatasetTest.java b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ActiveOperationalDatasetTest.java
index 0e76930fb2..996d22d2e6 100644
--- a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ActiveOperationalDatasetTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ActiveOperationalDatasetTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import android.net.thread.ActiveOperationalDataset;
 import android.net.thread.ActiveOperationalDataset.Builder;
 import android.net.thread.ActiveOperationalDataset.SecurityPolicy;
 import android.net.thread.OperationalDatasetTimestamp;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.RequiresThreadFeature;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
 import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /** CTS tests for {@link ActiveOperationalDataset}. */
 @SmallTest
+@RequiresThreadFeature
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public final class ActiveOperationalDatasetTest {
     private static final int TYPE_ACTIVE_TIMESTAMP = 14;
@@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ public final class ActiveOperationalDatasetTest {
     private static final ActiveOperationalDataset DEFAULT_DATASET =
             ActiveOperationalDataset.fromThreadTlvs(VALID_DATASET_TLVS);
 
+    @Rule public final ThreadFeatureCheckerRule mThreadRule = new ThreadFeatureCheckerRule();
+
     private static byte[] removeTlv(byte[] dataset, int type) {
         ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream(dataset.length);
         int i = 0;
diff --git a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/OperationalDatasetTimestampTest.java b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/OperationalDatasetTimestampTest.java
index 9be3d56401..4d7c7f1f1f 100644
--- a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/OperationalDatasetTimestampTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/OperationalDatasetTimestampTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import android.net.thread.OperationalDatasetTimestamp;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.RequiresThreadFeature;
 
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
 import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -34,8 +37,11 @@ import java.time.Instant;
 
 /** Tests for {@link OperationalDatasetTimestamp}. */
 @SmallTest
+@RequiresThreadFeature
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public final class OperationalDatasetTimestampTest {
+    @Rule public final ThreadFeatureCheckerRule mThreadRule = new ThreadFeatureCheckerRule();
+
     @Test
     public void fromInstant_tooLargeInstant_throwsIllegalArgument() {
         assertThrows(
diff --git a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/PendingOperationalDatasetTest.java b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/PendingOperationalDatasetTest.java
index 0bb18ce275..76be0549b1 100644
--- a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/PendingOperationalDatasetTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/PendingOperationalDatasetTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import android.net.thread.ActiveOperationalDataset;
 import android.net.thread.ActiveOperationalDataset.SecurityPolicy;
 import android.net.thread.OperationalDatasetTimestamp;
 import android.net.thread.PendingOperationalDataset;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.RequiresThreadFeature;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
 import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -44,8 +47,11 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 
 /** Tests for {@link PendingOperationalDataset}. */
 @SmallTest
+@RequiresThreadFeature
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public final class PendingOperationalDatasetTest {
+    @Rule public final ThreadFeatureCheckerRule mThreadRule = new ThreadFeatureCheckerRule();
+
     private static ActiveOperationalDataset createActiveDataset() throws Exception {
         SparseArray<byte[]> channelMask = new SparseArray<>(1);
         channelMask.put(0, new byte[] {0x00, 0x1f, (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xe0});
diff --git a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ThreadNetworkExceptionTest.java b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ThreadNetworkExceptionTest.java
index 7d9ae81fc1..4de2e13f08 100644
--- a/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ThreadNetworkExceptionTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/cts/src/android/net/thread/cts/ThreadNetworkExceptionTest.java
@@ -25,17 +25,23 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import android.net.thread.ThreadNetworkException;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule;
+import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.RequiresThreadFeature;
 
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 /** CTS tests for {@link ThreadNetworkException}. */
 @SmallTest
+@RequiresThreadFeature
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public final class ThreadNetworkExceptionTest {
+    @Rule public final ThreadFeatureCheckerRule mThreadRule = new ThreadFeatureCheckerRule();
+
     @Test
     public void constructor_validValues_valuesAreConnectlySet() throws Exception {
         ThreadNetworkException errorThreadDisabled =
diff --git a/thread/tests/utils/src/android/net/thread/utils/ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.java b/thread/tests/utils/src/android/net/thread/utils/ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.java
index bee9ceba01..38a6e90aa4 100644
--- a/thread/tests/utils/src/android/net/thread/utils/ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.java
+++ b/thread/tests/utils/src/android/net/thread/utils/ThreadFeatureCheckerRule.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import static com.android.testutils.DeviceInfoUtils.isKernelVersionAtLeast;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.net.thread.ThreadNetworkManager;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.os.VintfRuntimeInfo;
 
@@ -122,7 +121,10 @@ public final class ThreadFeatureCheckerRule implements TestRule {
     /** Returns {@code true} if this device has the Thread feature supported. */
     private static boolean hasThreadFeature() {
         final Context context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext();
-        return context.getSystemService(ThreadNetworkManager.class) != null;
+
+        // Use service name rather than `ThreadNetworkManager.class` to avoid
+        // `ClassNotFoundException` on U- devices.
+        return context.getSystemService("thread_network") != null;
     }
 
     /**