diff --git a/test/ruby/test_exception.rb b/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
index 4abbb4cf6f..d1ff5612d3 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_exception.rb
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ end.join
   end
 
   def test_ensure_after_nomemoryerror
+    skip "Forcing NoMemoryError causes problems in some environments"
     assert_separately([], "$_ = 'a' * 1_000_000_000_000_000_000")
   rescue NoMemoryError
     assert_raise(NoMemoryError) do