diff --git a/test/upgrading/upgrader.spec.ts b/test/upgrading/upgrader.spec.ts
index c289b9871a..88a3ed633d 100644
--- a/test/upgrading/upgrader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/upgrading/upgrader.spec.ts
@@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ describe('libp2p.upgrader', () => {
     expect(arg0.stream).to.include.keys(['id', 'recvWindowCapacity', 'sendWindowCapacity', 'sourceInput'])
   })
 
-  it('should emit connect and disconnect events', async () => {
+  // #TODO Investigate why this is failing https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/issues/1781, skipping for now based https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/pull/1627#issuecomment-1570561645
+  it.skip('should emit connect and disconnect events', async () => {
     const remotePeer = peers[1]
     libp2p = await createLibp2p({
       peerId: peers[0],