diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index c11512270eb0ae..8ab8387a73b6d4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ test-fs-rmdir-recursive: PASS, FLAKY
 # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/48300
 test-child-process-pipe-dataflow: PASS, FLAKY
 test-child-process-stdio-reuse-readable-stdio: PASS, FLAKY
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/49985
+test-runner-watch-mode: PASS, FLAKY
 
 # Windows on ARM
 [$system==win32 && $arch==arm64]