diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/SimpleCouchbaseRepositoryIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/SimpleCouchbaseRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
index b895e1c5..38d0ef8d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/SimpleCouchbaseRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/SimpleCouchbaseRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ public class SimpleCouchbaseRepositoryIntegrationTests {
     }
   }
 
+  // todo: investigate cause of intermittent failure
+  @Ignore("Fails intermittently (see DATACOUCH-452)")
   @Test
   public void shouldUpdateDocumentConcurrently() throws Exception {
     final String key = testName.getMethodName();