diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
index b2a43f2628..58692c26b4 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 install_packages 'Install OS and extra packages'
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::cookbook_virtualenv"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::awscli"
-include_recipe "openssh"
+unless alinux2023_on_docker? # Running this recipe on Alinux 2023 docker generates false failure.
+  # Example failure https://github.com/aws/aws-parallelcluster-cookbook/actions/runs/9373643185/job/25807894209?pr=2692
+  include_recipe "openssh"
+end
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::disable_selinux"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::license_readme"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::gc_thresh_values"
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/test/controls/openssh_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/test/controls/openssh_spec.rb
index c0038e2b89..fc884a36af 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/test/controls/openssh_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/test/controls/openssh_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 control 'tag:install_openssh_installed' do
   title 'Check that openssh packages are installed and ssh/sshd config file exist'
+  only_if { !os_properties.alinux2023_on_docker? }
 
   files = %w(/etc/ssh/ssh_config)
   files.each do |file|
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/libraries/test.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/libraries/test.rb
index e5a4aba85f..6380afb257 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/libraries/test.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/libraries/test.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ def redhat_on_docker?
 def rocky_on_docker?
   on_docker? && platform?('rocky')
 end
+
+def alinux2023_on_docker?
+  on_docker? && platform?('amazon') && node['platform_version'].to_i == 2023
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/test/libraries/os_properties.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/test/libraries/os_properties.rb
index 01daec430c..52f111d8d4 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/test/libraries/os_properties.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-shared/test/libraries/os_properties.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ def alinux2023?
     alinux? && inspec.os.release.to_i == 2023
   end
 
+  def alinux2023_on_docker?
+    on_docker? && alinux2023?
+  end
+
   def ubuntu2004?
     inspec.os.name == 'ubuntu' && inspec.os.release == '20.04'
   end