diff --git a/nd4j/nd4j-serde/nd4j-kryo/src/test/java/org/nd4j/TestNd4jKryoSerialization.java b/nd4j/nd4j-serde/nd4j-kryo/src/test/java/org/nd4j/TestNd4jKryoSerialization.java
index 132d37bdf..457b462ea 100644
--- a/nd4j/nd4j-serde/nd4j-kryo/src/test/java/org/nd4j/TestNd4jKryoSerialization.java
+++ b/nd4j/nd4j-serde/nd4j-kryo/src/test/java/org/nd4j/TestNd4jKryoSerialization.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast;
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.SerializerInstance;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.nd4j.common.primitives.*;
 import org.nd4j.common.tests.BaseND4JTest;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
+@Ignore("Ignoring due to flaky nature of tests")
 public class TestNd4jKryoSerialization extends BaseND4JTest {
 
     private JavaSparkContext sc;