diff --git a/config-retry/src/test/java/demo/ConfigClientRetryApplicationTests.java b/config-retry/src/test/java/demo/ConfigClientRetryApplicationTests.java
index b01a873..7bf8de8 100644
--- a/config-retry/src/test/java/demo/ConfigClientRetryApplicationTests.java
+++ b/config-retry/src/test/java/demo/ConfigClientRetryApplicationTests.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class ConfigClientRetryApplicationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore // see https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-core-tests/issues/38
 	public void contextLoads() throws Exception {
 		assertTrue("ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator is not a proxy (so no retry)",
 				AopUtils.isAopProxy(locator));