diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 210717a033..7dc7115da4 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
         - tempest-multinode-full-py3:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
         - tempest-tox-plugin-sanity-check:
+            # TODO(kopecmartin): non-voting until this is resolved:
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/tempest/+bug/2053026
+            voting: false
             irrelevant-files: &tempest-irrelevant-files-2
               - ^.*\.rst$
               - ^doc/.*$