diff --git a/awscli2.spec b/awscli2.spec
index f5911e2..dca890e 100644
--- a/awscli2.spec
+++ b/awscli2.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Patch0:             ruamel-yaml-0.17.32.patch
 Patch1:             python312.patch
 # fix incorrect assertions in TestKubeconfigLoader
 Patch2:             assertions.patch
+# skip flaky test which compares yaml output as plain text
+Patch3:             test-yaml.patch
 
 BuildArch:          noarch
 
diff --git a/test-yaml.patch b/test-yaml.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e51ba00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-yaml.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+The raw YAML output fields are sometimes printed in non-alphabetical 
+order, causing the raw text comparison to sometimes fail.  The parsed 
+output is subsequently compared, and that should be all that matters.
+
+diff --git a/tests/unit/output/test_yaml_output.py b/tests/unit/output/test_yaml_output.py
+index b5e3a0a..88132f7 100644
+--- a/tests/unit/output/test_yaml_output.py
++++ b/tests/unit/output/test_yaml_output.py
+@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class TestYAMLOutput(BaseAWSCommandParamsTest):
+             "  UserId: EXAMPLEUSERID\n"
+             "  UserName: testuser-51\n"
+         )
+-        self.assertEqual(stdout, expected)
+         parsed_output = self.yaml.load(stdout)
+         self.assertEqual(self.parsed_response, parsed_output)
+