diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITTransactionManagerTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITTransactionManagerTest.java
index 116d6c24368e..91a47d5980c8 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITTransactionManagerTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITTransactionManagerTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@ public void rollback() throws InterruptedException {
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+  // TODO(sakthivelmani): Resolve this test failure after the conclusion of
+  // b/498983034.
+  @Ignore
   @Test
   public void abortAndRetry() throws InterruptedException {
     assumeFalse(