diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/CoreJvmClassReaderTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/CoreJvmClassReaderTest.groovy
index f209a113db6..8399acfc430 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/CoreJvmClassReaderTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/CoreJvmClassReaderTest.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package datadog.trace.civisibility.coverage.instrumentation.store
 
+import datadog.trace.api.Platform
 import datadog.trace.civisibility.config.JvmInfo
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils
+import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
+@IgnoreIf(reason = "IBM Java 8 dist has a different structure, the thread class does not live in rt.jar", value = {
+  Platform.isIbm8()
+})
 class CoreJvmClassReaderTest extends Specification {
 
   def "test reads Thread class"() {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/JvmPatcherTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/JvmPatcherTest.groovy
index 7bb8a57054c..3c013b0dd3f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/JvmPatcherTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/civisibility/coverage/instrumentation/store/JvmPatcherTest.groovy
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package datadog.trace.civisibility.coverage.instrumentation.store
 
+import datadog.trace.api.Platform
 import datadog.trace.civisibility.config.JvmInfo
 import datadog.trace.civisibility.utils.FileUtils
+import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
+@IgnoreIf(reason = "IBM Java 8 dist has a different structure, the thread class does not live in rt.jar", value = {
+  Platform.isIbm8()
+})
 class JvmPatcherTest extends Specification {
 
   def "test patches current JVM"() {