diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/PrimaryUpdateAndCacheUtilsTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/PrimaryUpdateAndCacheUtilsTest.java
index 8918ba4f25..047929273b 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/PrimaryUpdateAndCacheUtilsTest.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/PrimaryUpdateAndCacheUtilsTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ public void compareResourceVersionsTest() {
   // naive performance test that compares the work case scenario for the parsing and non-parsing
   // variants
   @Test
+  @Disabled("test sometimes fails, we plan to iterate over it and related features for 5.3")
   public void compareResourcePerformanceTest() {
     var execNum = 30000000;
     var startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();