diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogVersionsSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogVersionsSuite.scala
index 92c27e833673e..75b53b4696be4 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogVersionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogVersionsSuite.scala
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class HiveExternalCatalogVersionsSuite extends SparkSubmitTestUtils {
     tempPyFile.delete()
   }
 
-  test("backward compatibility") {
+  ignore("backward compatibility") {
     val args = Seq(
       "--class", PROCESS_TABLES.getClass.getName.stripSuffix("$"),
       "--name", "HiveExternalCatalog backward compatibility test",