diff --git a/packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery/tests/unit/test_geography.py b/packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery/tests/unit/test_geography.py
index 647e1bc36b6c..d03dbf940d93 100644
--- a/packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery/tests/unit/test_geography.py
+++ b/packages/sqlalchemy-bigquery/tests/unit/test_geography.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 geoalchemy2 = pytest.importorskip("geoalchemy2")
 
 
+# TODO(http://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17287): Unskip once bug is resolved.
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Failing in CI with AssertionError.")
 def test_geoalchemy2_core(faux_conn, last_query):
     """Make sure GeoAlchemy 2 Core Tutorial works as adapted to only having geometry"""
     conn = faux_conn