diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8692461a..59e6b372 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        exclude:
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            reason: "3.9 is currently flaky on GitHub Actions"
     steps:
       - name: Install system packages
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev