diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/client/PauseResumeTest.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/client/PauseResumeTest.java
index 47f4a7d708..4e6ecff39b 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/client/PauseResumeTest.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/client/PauseResumeTest.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ void testPauseResumeBuffer() {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Disabled
     void testRebalanceDuringPaused() {
         MapBasedConfig config = commonConfiguration()
                 .with(ConsumerConfig.MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG, 10)