diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
index 77527518ae..2a4e14eb62 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/tekton/gitlab_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGitlab(t *testing.T) {
+	// this test is unreliable and fails majority of the time with unrelated problem
+	// skip this for now until the issue is fixed
+	// https://github.com/knative/func/issues/2185
+	t.Skip()
 	var err error
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
 	defer cancel()