diff --git a/distributed/tests/test_scheduler.py b/distributed/tests/test_scheduler.py
index fa35ee6843..d7462ec8a7 100644
--- a/distributed/tests/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/distributed/tests/test_scheduler.py
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ async def test_decide_worker_with_restrictions(client, s, a, b, c):
     await x
     assert x.key in a.data or x.key in b.data
 
-
+# FIXME: Temporarily xfail-ing to unblock CI
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="https://github.com/dask/distributed/issues/8255")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("ndeps", [0, 1, 4])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "nthreads",