diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index da6db221c..e2138789c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
-
       - name: Run java client tests
         run: ./gradlew test -p java-client
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterRetryPolicyTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterRetryPolicyTest.java
index dede24b9c..e4bbf88f8 100644
--- a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterRetryPolicyTest.java
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterRetryPolicyTest.java
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIf;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
@@ -287,6 +289,7 @@ public void retryTestNoFlushAndContextExponentialBackoff() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @DisabledIf("isGithubBuild")
     public void retryMultiThreadStressTest() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
 
         // DISCLAIMER: this configuration is highly inefficient and only used here to showcase an extreme
@@ -541,4 +544,9 @@ private BulkIngester<Integer> newBulkIngesterNoFlushAndContextAndLongExponential
             .backoffPolicy(BackoffPolicy.exponentialBackoff(100L, 8))
         );
     }
+
+    private boolean isGithubBuild(){
+        return Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("GITHUB_JOB"))
+            .isPresent();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
index 76a48b9fa..08face1a2 100644
--- a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/elasticsearch/_helpers/bulk/BulkIngesterTest.java
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIf;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ private void multiThreadTest(int maxOperations, int maxRequests, int numThreads,
     }
 
     @Test
+    @DisabledIf("isGithubBuild")
     public void multiThreadStressTest() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
 
         String index = "bulk-ingester-stress-test";
@@ -620,4 +623,8 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
             }
         }
     }
+    private boolean isGithubBuild(){
+        return Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("GITHUB_JOB"))
+            .isPresent();
+    }
 }