diff --git a/sparse/unit_test/Test_Sparse_spgemm.hpp b/sparse/unit_test/Test_Sparse_spgemm.hpp
index bd1e68c370..4e0fdd7357 100644
--- a/sparse/unit_test/Test_Sparse_spgemm.hpp
+++ b/sparse/unit_test/Test_Sparse_spgemm.hpp
@@ -486,6 +486,15 @@ void test_issue402() {
 template <typename scalar_t, typename lno_t, typename size_type,
           typename device>
 void test_issue1738() {
+#if defined(KOKKOSKERNELS_ENABLE_TPL_CUSPARSE) && (CUDA_VERSION >= 11000) && (CUDA_VERSION < 11040)
+  {
+    std::cerr
+        << "TEST SKIPPED: See "
+           "https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels/issues/1777 for details."
+        << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+#endif  // KOKKOSKERNELS_ENABLE_TPL_ARMPL
   // Make sure that std::invalid_argument is thrown if you:
   //  - call numeric where an input matrix's entries have changed.
   //  - try to reuse an spgemm handle by calling symbolic with new input