diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml b/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
index d143ef83a0..3d7aa2e2f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ jobs:
           - {name: "sql_hive-1", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -l org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest -l org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
           - {name: "sql_hive-2", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -n org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest"}
           - {name: "sql_hive-3", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -n org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
+        # Skip sql_hive-1 for Spark 4.0 due to https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/2946
+        exclude:
+          - spark-version: {short: '4.0', full: '4.0.1', java: 17}
+            module: {name: "sql_hive-1", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -l org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest -l org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
       fail-fast: false
     name: spark-sql-${{ matrix.module.name }}/${{ matrix.os }}/spark-${{ matrix.spark-version.full }}/java-${{ matrix.spark-version.java }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}