diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 45819b89c0..6bb7d7ccca 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,10 +98,13 @@ name = "batch_span_processor"
 harness = false
 required-features = ["rt-tokio", "testing"]
 
-[[bench]]
-name = "metric"
-harness = false
-required-features = ["metrics"]
+# TODO - this fails periodically on CI
+# e.g. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/actions/runs/13538892896/job/37835456869
+# Work out why, and re-add.
+#[[bench]]
+#name = "metric"
+#harness = false
+#required-features = ["metrics"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "log"