diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
index c3f6223384..3e52fb9e1b 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
@@ -693,6 +693,11 @@ def maybe_skip_scenario(self, test):
                 self.skipTest("PYTHON-3706 flaky test on Windows/macOS")
             if "type=symbol" in desc:
                 self.skipTest("PyMongo does not support the symbol type")
+            if (
+                "timeoutms applied to listcollections to get collection schema" in desc
+                and not _IS_SYNC
+            ):
+                self.skipTest("PYTHON-4844 flaky test on async")
 
         def setup_scenario(self, scenario_def):
             """Override a test's setup."""
diff --git a/test/test_encryption.py b/test/test_encryption.py
index 43c85e2c5b..64aa7ebf50 100644
--- a/test/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/test_encryption.py
@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ def maybe_skip_scenario(self, test):
                 self.skipTest("PYTHON-3706 flaky test on Windows/macOS")
             if "type=symbol" in desc:
                 self.skipTest("PyMongo does not support the symbol type")
+            if (
+                "timeoutms applied to listcollections to get collection schema" in desc
+                and not _IS_SYNC
+            ):
+                self.skipTest("PYTHON-4844 flaky test on async")
 
         def setup_scenario(self, scenario_def):
             """Override a test's setup."""