diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index a5cbece3f3..4e319ed0bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ jobs:
           - dragonball
           - qemu
           - cloud-hypervisor
+        # TODO: enable with clh when https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/9852 is fixed
+        exclude:
+          - vmm: clh
     runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2304-smaller
     env:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}