diff --git a/storage/writer_test.go b/storage/writer_test.go
index 7ac9b7ef5095..2d69a8a11f0a 100644
--- a/storage/writer_test.go
+++ b/storage/writer_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 var testEncryptionKey = []byte("secret-key-that-is-32-bytes-long")
 
 func TestErrorOnObjectsInsertCall(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Should be re-enabled after https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/pull/5210")
 	t.Parallel()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	const contents = "hello world"