diff --git a/tests/python/gpu/test_operator_gpu.py b/tests/python/gpu/test_operator_gpu.py
index 45f52b32a342..2d4b298a71b4 100644
--- a/tests/python/gpu/test_operator_gpu.py
+++ b/tests/python/gpu/test_operator_gpu.py
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ def check_consistency_NxM(sym_list, ctx_list):
     # sym_list=[sym1, sym1, sym1, sym2, sym2, sym2] and ctx_list=[ctx1, ctx2, ctx3, ctx1, ctx2, ctx3]
     check_consistency(np.repeat(sym_list, len(ctx_list)), ctx_list * len(sym_list))
 
+
+@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/10141")
 @with_seed()
 def test_convolution_options():
     # 1D convolution
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_gluon.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_gluon.py
index cd3cc685bdd6..8dd6934ff232 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_gluon.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_gluon.py
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ def check_layer_forward(layer, dshape):
     mx.test_utils.assert_almost_equal(np_out, out.asnumpy(), rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
     mx.test_utils.assert_almost_equal(np_dx, x.grad.asnumpy(), rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-6)
 
+@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/11395")
 @with_seed()
 def test_conv():
     layers1d = [
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_operator.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_operator.py
index e07a602b8c18..092613f21479 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_operator.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_operator.py
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ def check_deconvolution_target_shape(input_shape, kernel, stride, pad, adj, targ
     assert out_shapes[0] == (input_shape[0], 5) + target_shape
 
 
+@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/10973")
 @with_seed()
 def test_deconvolution():
     # 2D
@@ -5476,6 +5477,7 @@ def check_dropout_axes(ratio, shape, axes):
         check_dropout_axes(0.25, nshape, axes = (1, 2, 3))
 
 
+@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/11290")
 @with_seed()
 def test_scatter_gather_nd():
     def check(data, idx):