diff --git a/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/PublisherImplTest.java b/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/PublisherImplTest.java
index 175694ae1573..44737b8f78ca 100644
--- a/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/PublisherImplTest.java
+++ b/java-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/pubsub/v1/PublisherImplTest.java
@@ -1698,6 +1698,9 @@ public void testNoHedgingIfOriginalFailsImmediately() throws Exception {
     shutdownTestPublisher(publisher);
   }
 
+  // Disabled because it intermittently hits a deadlock in publish hedging. That is a bug in the
+  // library, not a timing problem in this test, so raising the timeout below would not help.
+  @Ignore("https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/15008")
   @Test
   public void testPermanentErrorOnHedgedAttemptDiscarded() throws Exception {
     Publisher publisher = getPublisherWithHedge(Duration.ofMillis(100), 0.2f, 20);