diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index e0a6fe24df..cd9bf39abb 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -5343,6 +5343,7 @@ SKIP_FILES = frozenset(
         "postmaster.pid",
         "pg_control",
         "pg_dynshmem",
+        "metrics.socket",
     )
 )