diff --git a/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go b/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
index db096c84547..518bdaa713b 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ func Test3NodeServerFailover(t *testing.T) {
 // ensure that all queries work if there are more nodes in a cluster than the replication factor
 // and there is more than 1 shards
 func Test5NodeClusterPartiallyReplicated(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("unstable, skipping for now")
 	t.Parallel()
 	testName := "5-node server integration partial replication"
 	if testing.Short() {