diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
index 6c765888cd66c..a866b6047f0dc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public void testStopQuery() throws Exception {
     }
 
     public void testStopQueryLocal() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue("Pragma does not work in release builds", Build.current().isSnapshot());
         Map<String, Object> testClusterInfo = setupClusters(3);
         int remote1NumShards = (Integer) testClusterInfo.get("remote1.num_shards");
         int remote2NumShards = (Integer) testClusterInfo.get("remote2.num_shards");