diff --git a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_stress.py b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_stress.py
index e400535b2a0e4e..40d2d77a7b9d3e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_stress.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_stress.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def test_create_many_sequential(self):
             interp = interpreters.create()
             alive.append(interp)
 
+    @unittest.skip('(temporary) gh-120524: there is a race that needs fixing')
     @support.requires_resource('cpu')
     def test_create_many_threaded(self):
         alive = []