diff --git a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/session/SessionImplTest.java b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/session/SessionImplTest.java
index d995a32f6d10..fbe62a4a8984 100644
--- a/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/session/SessionImplTest.java
+++ b/java-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/internal/session/SessionImplTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ void sessionCloseBeforeInit() throws Exception {
     assertThat(sessionListener.popUntil(Status.class)).isOk();
   }
 
+  @Disabled("Flaky test: b/579436766")
   @Test
   void sessionGoAwayTest() throws Exception {
     SessionImpl session = new SessionImpl(metrics, poolInfo, 0, sessionFactory.createNew(), timer);