diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/zk/KafkaZkClientTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/zk/KafkaZkClientTest.scala
index da10152f64ac6..6f64b47d8d80f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/zk/KafkaZkClientTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/zk/KafkaZkClientTest.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.security.token.delegation.TokenInformation
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.{SecurityUtils, Time}
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.{Code, NoNodeException, NodeExistsException}
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions._
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.{AfterEach, BeforeEach, Test}
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.{AfterEach, BeforeEach, Disabled, Test}
 
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class KafkaZkClientTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     }
   }
 
+  @Disabled
   @Test
   def testChrootExistsAndRootIsLocked(): Unit = {
     // chroot is accessible