diff --git a/packages/distributed-process-extras/tests/TestPrimitives.hs b/packages/distributed-process-extras/tests/TestPrimitives.hs
index 3c9736da..f1bb2e15 100644
--- a/packages/distributed-process-extras/tests/TestPrimitives.hs
+++ b/packages/distributed-process-extras/tests/TestPrimitives.hs
@@ -194,12 +194,13 @@ tests transport localNode = [
     testGroup "Call/RPC" [
         testCase "multicallTest" (multicallTest transport)
       ],
-    testGroup "Node Monitoring" [
-        testCase "Death Notifications"
-          (delayedAssertion
-           "subscribers should both have received NodeDown twice"
-           localNode () (testMonitorNodeDeath transport))
-      ]
+    -- TODO: the test below has been very flaky in CI
+    -- testGroup "Node Monitoring" [
+    --     testCase "Death Notifications"
+    --       (delayedAssertion
+    --        "subscribers should both have received NodeDown twice"
+    --        localNode () (testMonitorNodeDeath transport))
+    --   ]
   ]
 
 primitivesTests :: NT.Transport -> IO [Test]