diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4ClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4ClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
index d6628c69b695c..4af8d5c10de5d 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4ClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4ClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.yaml.ClientYamlTestCandidate;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.yaml.ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 //TODO: This is a *temporary* workaround to ensure a timeout does not mask other problems
 @TimeoutSuite(millis = 30 * TimeUnits.MINUTE)
 public class Netty4ClientYamlTestSuiteIT extends ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase {
@@ -40,4 +42,9 @@ public static Iterable<Object[]> parameters() throws Exception {
         return ESClientYamlSuiteTestCase.createParameters();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws IOException {
+        assumeFalse("FIPS JVMs are configured to use the 'security4' transport rather than 'netty4'", inFipsJvm());
+        super.test();
+    }
 }