diff --git a/test/e2e/cluster_upgrade_runtimesdk_test.go b/test/e2e/cluster_upgrade_runtimesdk_test.go
index e29b7cffda..7c201f05ab 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cluster_upgrade_runtimesdk_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/cluster_upgrade_runtimesdk_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
-	clusterctlcluster "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/cmd/clusterctl/client/cluster"
 	capi_e2e "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/e2e"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/framework"
 )
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ var _ = Describe("When upgrading a workload cluster using ClusterClass with Runt
 				PostUpgrade: func(proxy framework.ClusterProxy, namespace, clusterName string) {
 					// This check ensures that the resourceVersions are stable, i.e. it verifies there are no
 					// continuous reconciles when everything should be stable.
-					framework.ValidateResourceVersionStable(ctx, proxy, namespace, clusterctlcluster.FilterClusterObjectsWithNameFilter(clusterName))
+					// TODO(chrischdi): enable after https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/pull/3059 merged
+					// framework.ValidateResourceVersionStable(ctx, proxy, namespace, clusterctlcluster.FilterClusterObjectsWithNameFilter(clusterName))
 				},
 				// "upgrades-runtimesdk" is the same as the "topology" flavor but with an additional RuntimeExtension.
 				Flavor:               ptr.To(testSpecificSettingsGetter().FlavorForMode("topology-runtimesdk")),