diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/EC2RetriesTests.java b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/EC2RetriesTests.java
index df8effd9548b6..0cf378ae65cfd 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/EC2RetriesTests.java
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ec2/EC2RetriesTests.java
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     }
 
     public void testEC2DiscoveryRetriesOnRateLimiting() throws IOException {
+        assumeFalse("https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/51685", inFipsJvm());
         final String accessKey = "ec2_access";
         final List<String> hosts = List.of("127.0.0.1:9000");
         final Map<String, Integer> failedRequests = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();