diff --git a/hibernate-reactive-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/IdentifierGenerationTypeTest.java b/hibernate-reactive-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/IdentifierGenerationTypeTest.java
index a24d65238..7544c70b2 100644
--- a/hibernate-reactive-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/IdentifierGenerationTypeTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-reactive-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/reactive/IdentifierGenerationTypeTest.java
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 
 
+import org.hibernate.reactive.testing.DatabaseSelectionRule;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import io.vertx.ext.unit.TestContext;
 
+import static org.hibernate.reactive.containers.DatabaseConfiguration.DBType.DB2;
+import static org.hibernate.reactive.testing.DatabaseSelectionRule.skipTestsFor;
+
 /**
  * Check that the generated id can be of a specific type
  *
@@ -26,6 +32,11 @@
  */
 public class IdentifierGenerationTypeTest extends BaseReactiveTest {
 
+	// Vertx DB2 client is throwing "java.lang.IllegalStateException: Needed to have 6 in buffer but only had 0."
+	// TODO:  remove rule when https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vertx-sql-client/issues/1208 is resolved
+	@Rule
+	public DatabaseSelectionRule skip = skipTestsFor( DB2 );
+
 	@Override
 	protected Collection<Class<?>> annotatedEntities() {
 		return List.of( LongEntity.class, IntegerEntity.class, ShortEntity.class );