diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 0546bdc0..9f0dddfd 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -2007,7 +2007,8 @@ packages:
         - hs-GeoIP
         - retry
         - katip
-        - katip-elasticsearch
+        # tests failing initially https://github.com/fpco/stackage/pull/1271
+        #- katip-elasticsearch
 
     "Sid Kapur sidharthkapur1@gmail.com @sid-kap":
         - tuple