diff --git a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/ConnectionDriverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/ConnectionDriverTest.java
index 8fe4a914b..78703e45c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/ConnectionDriverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/ConnectionDriverTest.java
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ public void testNegativeTimeout() throws Exception {
     public void testDeadConnection() throws SQLException {
         assumeTrue(!DBConnection.isSqlAzure(DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString)), "Skipping test case on Azure SQL.");
 
+        connectionString += "connectRetryCount=0";
         SQLServerConnection conn = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString + ";responseBuffering=adaptive");
         Statement stmt = null;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/TimeoutTest.java b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/TimeoutTest.java
index a596221ea..9ebdd8ba9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/TimeoutTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/connection/TimeoutTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.platform.runner.JUnitPlatform;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -108,14 +109,16 @@ public void testQueryTimeout() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Disabled
     public void testSocketTimeout() throws Exception {
-        // cancel connection resilience to test socketTimeout
-        connectionString += "connectRetryCount=0";
+        
         SQLServerConnection conn = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString);
 
         dropWaitForDelayProcedure(conn);
         createWaitForDelayPreocedure(conn);
 
+        // cancel connection resilience to test socketTimeout
+        connectionString += "connectRetryCount=0";
         conn = (SQLServerConnection) DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString + ";socketTimeout=" + (waitForDelaySeconds * 1000 / 2) + ";");
 
         try {