diff --git a/tests/test_translation.py b/tests/test_translation.py
index cf0c542b7..861182c1b 100644
--- a/tests/test_translation.py
+++ b/tests/test_translation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import pytest
+
 from conftest import flaky
 from daras_ai_v2.asr import run_google_translate
 
-
 TRANSLATION_TESTS = [
     # hindi romanized
     (
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@
 ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    reason="Translation tests temporarily disabled due to frequent false positives"
+)
 def test_google_translate(threadpool_subtest):
     for lang, text, expected in TRANSLATION_TESTS:
         threadpool_subtest(google_translate_check, text, expected, source_language=lang)