diff --git a/qa/rolling-upgrade/build.gradle b/qa/rolling-upgrade/build.gradle
index 36730a44b8f..2183da346c8 100644
--- a/qa/rolling-upgrade/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/rolling-upgrade/build.gradle
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ mixedClusterTestCluster {
 
 mixedClusterTestRunner {
     systemProperty 'tests.rest.suite', 'mixed_cluster'
+    systemProperty 'tests.rest.blacklist', 'mixed_cluster/30_kibana_write/*'
     finalizedBy 'oldClusterTestCluster#node0.stop'
 }