diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITProtoColumnTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITProtoColumnTest.java
index 82e51c32933..3657ef2109e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITProtoColumnTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITProtoColumnTest.java
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 
 // Integration Tests to test DDL, DML and DQL for Proto Columns and Enums
+@Ignore("Feature is not yet enabled in production")
 @Category(ParallelIntegrationTest.class)
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class ITProtoColumnTest {