diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/batching/FlowControllerTest.java b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/batching/FlowControllerTest.java
index c91b5b17aed7..7c5a8a4db8cb 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/batching/FlowControllerTest.java
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/gax/src/test/java/com/google/api/gax/batching/FlowControllerTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ void testElementCountsOutOfBoundaryWontDeadlock() throws Exception {
     t.join();
   }
 
+  @Disabled("Flaky test: b/579436657")
   @Test
   void testFlowControlBlockEventIsRecorded() throws Exception {
     // Test when reserve is blocked for at least FlowController#RESERVE_FLOW_CONTROL_THRESHOLD_MS,