diff --git a/lib/tasks/rswag.rake b/lib/tasks/rswag.rake
index 73133b911..258641f8f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/rswag.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/rswag.rake
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "rswag/specs"
+begin
+  require "rswag/specs"
+rescue LoadError
+  # rswag is not available in this environment (likely production where
+  # rswag is in the test/development group). Skip loading rswag rake
+  # tasks so `rake -P` can run during asset precompilation / deploy.
+end