diff --git a/.github/workflows/production-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/production-suite.yml
index 9f6b105f68..0ac08563d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/production-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/production-suite.yml
@@ -262,9 +262,10 @@ jobs:
           - docker_image: zulip/ci:bookworm-7.0
             name: 7.0 Version Upgrade
             os: bookworm
-          - docker_image: zulip/ci:bookworm-8.0
-            name: 8.0 Version Upgrade
-            os: bookworm
+          # Temporarily disabled so CI passes pending https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/40744.
+          # - docker_image: zulip/ci:bookworm-8.0
+          #   name: 8.0 Version Upgrade
+          #   os: bookworm
 
     name: ${{ matrix.name  }}
     container: