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 78069f83..07e08a8d 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/test/ethereum/jsontestsuite/GitHubStateTest.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class GitHubStateTest {
     }
 
 
+    @Ignore
     @Test
     public void stSpecialTest() throws ParseException { // [V]