diff --git a/src/tests/mandb-symlink-target-timestamp b/src/tests/mandb-symlink-target-timestamp
index 1c87d3d..c84449f 100755
--- a/src/tests/mandb-symlink-target-timestamp
+++ b/src/tests/mandb-symlink-target-timestamp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 : ${MANDB=mandb}
 : ${ACCESSDB=accessdb}
 
+skip "this test is unstable, skip for now: https://gitlab.com/cjwatson/man-db/-/issues/3"
+
 init
 fake_config /usr/share/man
 MANPATH="$tmpdir/usr/share/man"