diff --git a/test/integration/bench_test.go b/test/integration/bench_test.go
index bc5a22ea91dc..fd1a7446ac76 100644
--- a/test/integration/bench_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/bench_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/thirdparty/unit"
+	ci "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing/ci"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing/net"
 )
 
 func benchmarkAddCat(numBytes int64, conf testutil.LatencyConfig, b *testing.B) {
+	if numBytes > 128*unit.MB && ci.IsRunning() {
+		b.Skip("skipping memory intensive benchmark in ci")
+	}
 
 	b.StopTimer()
 	b.SetBytes(numBytes)