diff --git a/tests/_post_network_static.pm b/tests/_post_network_static.pm
index e54fa3fa..25c9a8a5 100644
--- a/tests/_post_network_static.pm
+++ b/tests/_post_network_static.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ use utils;
 
 sub run {
     my $self = shift;
+    # stop greenboot to avoid
+    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396605
+    if (get_var("SUBVARIANT") eq "IoT") {
+        script_run "systemctl stop greenboot-set-rollback-trigger.service greenboot-healthcheck.service";
+    }
     my ($ip, $hostname) = split(/ /, get_var("POST_STATIC"));
     $hostname //= 'localhost.localdomain';
     # set up networking