diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_optimizer.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_optimizer.py
index 3fdd1cd6bb87..68aa5f8e4d8e 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_optimizer.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_optimizer.py
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ def update(self, index, weight, grad, state):
 
 
 @with_seed()
+@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14241")
 def test_sgld():
     opt1 = PySGLD
     opt2 = mx.optimizer.SGLD