diff --git a/test/runtime/monitor.go b/test/runtime/monitor.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/runtime/monitor.go
+++ b/test/runtime/monitor.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ var _ = Describe("RuntimeMonitorTest", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("Cilium monitor event types", func() {
+			Skip("Disabled flake: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/7872")
 
 			monitorConfig()
CI: Disable RuntimeMonitorTest With Sample Containers Cilium monitor event types

This began failing often sometime around April <I>. See
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