diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java
index 3286b4f7..ef48ba55 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class GitHubStateTest {
         GitHubJSONTestSuite.runGitHubJsonStateTest(json);
     }
 
+    @Ignore
     @Test
     public void stRefundTest() throws ParseException { // [V]