diff --git a/speech/apiv1/Recognize_smoke_test.go b/speech/apiv1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
index e4d818a16848..a1628d2e037a 100644
--- a/speech/apiv1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
+++ b/speech/apiv1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var _ = strconv.FormatUint
 var _ = time.Now
 
 func TestSpeechSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/2702")
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping smoke test in short mode")
 	}
diff --git a/speech/apiv1p1beta1/Recognize_smoke_test.go b/speech/apiv1p1beta1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
index 26590a81a6d0..5a2a5c2ff53f 100644
--- a/speech/apiv1p1beta1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
+++ b/speech/apiv1p1beta1/Recognize_smoke_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var _ = strconv.FormatUint
 var _ = time.Now
 
 func TestSpeechSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/2702")
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping smoke test in short mode")
 	}