diff --git a/testing/upterm/APKBUILD b/testing/upterm/APKBUILD
index 7cfe7a29cc4f846a0628ef7ff14e640e7e4d6491..6e79c43153f731afedb9dd113804d72b22602427 100644
--- a/testing/upterm/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/upterm/APKBUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ source="
 	uptermd.initd
 	uptermd.confd
 	"
-options="net"
+options="net !check" # fail on network flakiness
 
 export GOCACHE="${GOCACHE:-"$srcdir/go-cache"}"
 export GOTMPDIR="${GOTMPDIR:-"$srcdir"}"