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..aba3392c079d 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;
 
@@ -575,6 +576,7 @@ void testConcurrentUpdateThresholds_nonBlocking() throws Exception {
         FlowController.MaxOutstandingRequestBytesReachedException.class);
   }
 
+  @Disabled("Flaky test: b/579437108")
   @Test
   void testNumberOfBytesOutOfBoundaryWontDeadlock() throws Exception {
     // Test the special case where in FlowController#reserve, to avoid deadlocks, it allows