diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/PeerSyncTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/PeerSyncTest.java
index fcdc968d4ec..e4810bb5f6a 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/PeerSyncTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/PeerSyncTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.apache.solr.BaseDistributedSearchTestCase;
+import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4.SuppressSSL;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.QueryRequest;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.util.StrUtils;
 import static org.apache.solr.update.processor.DistributingUpdateProcessorFactory.DISTRIB_UPDATE_PARAM;
 import static org.apache.solr.update.processor.DistributedUpdateProcessor.DistribPhase;
 
+@SuppressSSL(bugUrl = "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-5776")
 public class PeerSyncTest extends BaseDistributedSearchTestCase {
   private static int numVersions = 100;  // number of versions to use when syncing
   private final String FROM_LEADER = DistribPhase.FROMLEADER.toString();