diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLReloadIntegTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLReloadIntegTests.java
index 03f963cc59c..0090c58ce0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLReloadIntegTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLReloadIntegTests.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ssl;
 
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JavaVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public class SSLReloadIntegTests extends SecurityIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testThatSSLConfigurationReloadsOnModification() throws Exception {
+        assumeFalse("test fails on JDK 11 currently", JavaVersion.current().compareTo(JavaVersion.parse("11")) < 0);
         Path keyPath = createTempDir().resolve("testnode_updated.pem");
         Path certPath = createTempDir().resolve("testnode_updated.crt");
         Files.copy(getDataPath("/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/ssl/certs/simple/testnode_updated.pem"), keyPath);