diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
index 83b1d80f563a5..0f38cca9b91b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloaderTests.java
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ void reloadSSLContext(SSLConfiguration configuration) {
      * truncating the certificate file that is being monitored
      */
     public void testPEMTrustReloadException() throws Exception {
+        assumeFalse("Broken on BC-FIPS -- https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/39580", inFipsJvm());
         Path tempDir = createTempDir();
         Path clientCertPath = tempDir.resolve("testclient.crt");
         Files.copy(getDataPath("/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testclient.crt"), clientCertPath);