diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITQueryTest.java
index 83140bccda..4a21af49aa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITQueryTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.google.cloud.spanner.it;
 
 import static com.google.cloud.spanner.testing.EmulatorSpannerHelper.isUsingEmulator;
+import static com.google.cloud.spanner.testing.ExperimentalHostHelper.isExperimentalHost;
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ public void badQuery() {
           exception.getMessage().contains("column \"apples\" does not exist"));
       // See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html
       // '42703' == undefined_column
+      assumeFalse(
+          "Skipping PGErrorCode check on experimental host due to b/473270453",
+          isExperimentalHost());
       assertEquals("42703", exception.getPostgreSQLErrorCode());
     } else {
       assertTrue(