diff --git a/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh b/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh
index cf79d6378a5cb3..28942ab22c25b0 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ sed -i 's/solana-geyser-plugin-interface/agave-geyser-plugin-interface/g' ./Carg
 # should be removed when spl project upgrade to agave 2.0
 sed -i '/^curve25519-dalek = "3/d' token/client/Cargo.toml
 sed -i 's/    curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar\,/    spl_token_2022::solana_zk_token_sdk::curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar,/' token/client/src/proof_generation.rs
+
+# ignore these tests temporarily. see: https://github.com/anza-xyz/agave/pull/1693#issuecomment-2182615788
+sed -i '/async fn confidential_transfer(/i #[ignore]' token/cli/tests/command.rs
+sed -i '/async fn confidential_transfer_transfer_with_fee_and_split_proof_context_in_parallel(/i #[ignore]' token/program-2022-test/tests/confidential_transfer.rs
\ No newline at end of file