diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_query_fuzz.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_query_fuzz.rs
index d2d3a5e0c22f..da6a79972f10 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_query_fuzz.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_query_fuzz.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ use super::record_batch_generator::{get_supported_types_columns, RecordBatchGene
 ///
 /// Now memory limiting is disabled by default. See TODOs in `SortQueryFuzzer`.
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+#[ignore = "https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/16452"]
 async fn sort_query_fuzzer_runner() {
     let random_seed = std::time::SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)