diff --git a/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnectionTest.java b/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnectionTest.java
index 7d9b70ebf7f5..c7b7c1fcdebd 100644
--- a/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnectionTest.java
+++ b/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/StreamingSubscriberConnectionTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TestName;
@@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ public void testSendAckOperationsExactlyOnceEnabledMessageFuturesAcks() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Ignore("https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/13706")
   @Test
   public void testSendAckOperationsExactlyOnceEnabledErrorWithEmptyMetadataMap() {
     // Setup