diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e7e6f20bc..3510fe162 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -486,8 +486,12 @@ jobs:
           TEST_RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
           CGROUP_DRIVER: ${{ matrix.cgroup_driver }}
         run: |
+          # skipping the ipv6 test till https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/11985 is fixed
+          if [[ ${{matrix.os}} == "ubuntu-22.04" ]]; then
+            skip_test="runtime should support port mapping with host port and container port"
+          fi
           env
-          sudo -E PATH=$PATH ./script/critest.sh "${{github.workspace}}/report"
+          sudo -E PATH=$PATH SKIP_TEST="$skip_test" ./script/critest.sh "${{github.workspace}}/report"
 
       # Log the status of this VM to investigate issues like
       # https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/4969