diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c47aa2d9..845863a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ jobs:
       env:
         PGVERSION: ${{ matrix.pg-version }}
 
-    - name: Setup upterm session
-      uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
-      with:
-        ## limits ssh access and adds the ssh public key for the user which triggered the workflow
-        limit-access-to-actor: true
-      env:
-        PGX_TEST_DATABASE: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-database }}
-        PGX_TEST_UNIX_SOCKET_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-unix-socket-conn-string }}
-        PGX_TEST_TCP_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tcp-conn-string }}
-        PGX_TEST_SCRAM_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-scram-password-conn-string }}
-        PGX_TEST_MD5_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-md5-password-conn-string }}
-        PGX_TEST_PLAIN_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-plain-password-conn-string }}
-        PGX_TEST_TLS_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tls-conn-string }}
-        PGX_SSL_PASSWORD: ${{ matrix.pgx-ssl-password }}
-        PGX_TEST_TLS_CLIENT_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tls-client-conn-string }}
+    # - name: Setup upterm session
+    #   uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
+    #   with:
+    #     ## limits ssh access and adds the ssh public key for the user which triggered the workflow
+    #     limit-access-to-actor: true
+    #   env:
+    #     PGX_TEST_DATABASE: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-database }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_UNIX_SOCKET_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-unix-socket-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_TCP_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tcp-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_SCRAM_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-scram-password-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_MD5_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-md5-password-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_PLAIN_PASSWORD_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-plain-password-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_TLS_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tls-conn-string }}
+    #     PGX_SSL_PASSWORD: ${{ matrix.pgx-ssl-password }}
+    #     PGX_TEST_TLS_CLIENT_CONN_STRING: ${{ matrix.pgx-test-tls-client-conn-string }}
 
     - name: Test
       run: go test -race ./...