diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_numtables b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_numtables
index 2054efcf45cf..d673f38f25fc 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_numtables
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_numtables
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # LogicTest: 5node-default-configs
 
+# This test occasionally times out due to overload under race.
+skip under race
+
 # First, we set up two data tables:
 #   - NumToSquare maps integers from 1 to 100 to their squares
 #   - NumToStr maps integers from 1 to 100*100 to strings; this table is