diff --git a/test/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go b/test/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
index fb84b05faf77..6c6fbbb80101 100644
--- a/test/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -41,6 +40,9 @@ var (
 	providerDockerPrefix  = "docker:v%s"
 )
 
+/*
+After test-infra upgrade to docker engine 29.1.2, following tests are failing because the docker client in CAPI 0.3/CAPI0.4 is too old.
+
 // Note: This test should not be changed during "prepare main branch".
 var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades (v0.3=>v1.5=>current)", FlakeAttempts(2), func() {
 	// We are testing v0.3=>v1.5=>current to ensure that old entries with v1alpha3 in managed files do not cause issues
@@ -199,7 +201,8 @@ var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades (v0.4=>v1.6=>current)", Flake
 			UseKindForManagementCluster: true,
 		}
 	})
-})
+}).
+*/
 
 // Note: This test should be changed during "prepare main branch", it should test n-3 => current.
 var _ = Describe("When testing clusterctl upgrades using ClusterClass (v1.8=>current) [ClusterClass]", Label("ClusterClass"), func() {