diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
index 604dbd40b4dba..f33e6653327a8 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def perform_broker_upgrade(self, to_version):
             node.version = KafkaVersion(to_version)
             self.kafka.start_node(node)
 
+    @ignore
     @cluster(num_nodes=6)
     @matrix(from_version=broker_upgrade_versions, to_version=broker_upgrade_versions)
     def test_upgrade_downgrade_brokers(self, from_version, to_version):