diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildExamplePluginsIT.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildExamplePluginsIT.java
index bf982fa3aa2..7b4b315fd00 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildExamplePluginsIT.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildExamplePluginsIT.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.gradle.test.GradleIntegrationTestCase;
 import org.gradle.testkit.runner.GradleRunner;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+@Ignore("https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/42453")
 public class BuildExamplePluginsIT extends GradleIntegrationTestCase {
 
     private static final List<File> EXAMPLE_PLUGINS = Collections.unmodifiableList(
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClustersPluginIT.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClustersPluginIT.java
index 39651ff8960..a59f54e1320 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClustersPluginIT.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClustersPluginIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+@Ignore("https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/42453")
 public class TestClustersPluginIT extends GradleIntegrationTestCase {
 
     private GradleRunner runner;