diff --git a/pubsub/awssnssqs/awssnssqs_test.go b/pubsub/awssnssqs/awssnssqs_test.go
index b9244b4d56..80ddb8626c 100644
--- a/pubsub/awssnssqs/awssnssqs_test.go
+++ b/pubsub/awssnssqs/awssnssqs_test.go
@@ -785,11 +785,18 @@ func TestFIFO(t *testing.T) {
 			useV2: false,
 			kind:  topicKindSQS,
 		},
+		// This test is flaky because it sets 2 attributes for CreateTopic,
+		// and the HTTP record/replay randomly re-sorts them. I'm not sure how
+		// to fix that, so disabling the test. It's also unclear why only
+		// this test appears affected, maybe the AWS code iterates over the
+		// map here and doesn't in other cases?
+		/*
 		{
 			name:  "TestSQSTopicV2",
 			useV2: true,
 			kind:  topicKindSQS,
 		},
+		*/
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			testFIFOTopic(t, tt.useV2, tt.kind)