diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/resources/specifications b/driver-core/src/test/resources/specifications
index ace53b165f..a8d34be0df 160000
--- a/driver-core/src/test/resources/specifications
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/resources/specifications
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ace53b165f2ab83e8385de15fbda9346befc0ea7
+Subproject commit a8d34be0df234365600a9269af5a463f581562fd
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/AuthConnectionStringTest.java b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/AuthConnectionStringTest.java
index f214667e51..44f24042f7 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/AuthConnectionStringTest.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/AuthConnectionStringTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ public void shouldPassAllOutcomes() {
         assumeFalse(description.equals("should accept forwardAndReverse hostname canonicalization (GSSAPI)"));
         assumeFalse(description.equals("should accept generic mechanism property (GSSAPI)"));
         assumeFalse(description.equals("should accept no hostname canonicalization (GSSAPI)"));
+        assumeFalse("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-6030",
+                description.equals("should throw an exception if AWS_SESSION_TOKEN provided (MONGODB-AWS)"));
+        assumeFalse("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-6030",
+                description.equals("should throw an exception if username and password provided (MONGODB-AWS)"));
 
         if (definition.getBoolean("valid").getValue()) {
             testValidUris();
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/connection/ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest.java b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/connection/ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest.java
index 2a70deaf90..dc81e5071e 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/connection/ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/unit/com/mongodb/internal/connection/ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ public class ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest extends AbstractServerDiscoveryAnd
 
     public ServerDiscoveryAndMonitoringTest(final String description, final BsonDocument definition) {
         super(definition);
+        assumeFalse("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5949",
+                description.equals("error_handling_handshake.json: Network timeouts before and after the handshake completes"));
+
         this.description = description;
         init(serverAddress -> NO_OP_SERVER_LISTENER, NO_OP_CLUSTER_LISTENER);
     }
diff --git a/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/unified/UnifiedTestModifications.java b/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/unified/UnifiedTestModifications.java
index dc39f14a6c..e63cf1490c 100644
--- a/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/unified/UnifiedTestModifications.java
+++ b/driver-sync/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/client/unified/UnifiedTestModifications.java
@@ -420,6 +420,24 @@ public static void applyCustomizations(final TestDef def) {
                 .file("server-discovery-and-monitoring", "pool-clear-on-error-checkout");
         def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5664")
                 .file("server-discovery-and-monitoring", "pool-cleared-on-min-pool-size-population-error");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5949")
+                .file("server-discovery-and-monitoring", "backpressure-network-error-fail");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5949")
+                .file("server-discovery-and-monitoring", "backpressure-network-timeout-error");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5949")
+                .file("server-discovery-and-monitoring", "backpressure-server-description-unchanged-on-min-pool-size-population-error");
+
+        // session tests
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5968")
+                .test("sessions", "snapshot-sessions", "Find operation with snapshot and snapshot time");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5968")
+                .test("sessions", "snapshot-sessions", "Distinct operation with snapshot and snapshot time");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5968")
+                .test("sessions", "snapshot-sessions", "Aggregate operation with snapshot and snapshot time");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5968")
+                .test("sessions", "snapshot-sessions", "countDocuments operation with snapshot and snapshot time");
+        def.skipJira("https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/JAVA-5968")
+                .test("sessions", "snapshot-sessions", "Mixed operation with snapshot and snapshotTime");
 
         // transactions