diff --git a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws/dynamodb/DynamoDBIOTest.java b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws/dynamodb/DynamoDBIOTest.java
index 3bd27ed..7491536 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws/dynamodb/DynamoDBIOTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/amazon-web-services/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/aws/dynamodb/DynamoDBIOTest.java
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 /** Test Coverage for the IO. */
+@Ignore("[BEAM-7794] DynamoDBIOTest is blocking forever")
 public class DynamoDBIOTest implements Serializable {
   @Rule public final transient TestPipeline pipeline = TestPipeline.create();
   @Rule public final transient ExpectedLogs expectedLogs = ExpectedLogs.none(DynamoDBIO.class);