diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/URLClassLoaderTests/exclude.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/URLClassLoaderTests/exclude.xml
index 3eb80660f3d..860e8ad4072 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/URLClassLoaderTests/exclude.xml
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/URLClassLoaderTests/exclude.xml
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@
 	<!-- PR 133321 -->
 	<exclude id="JarExtensionsTests.SingleJarInManifest.Verify1" platform="current"><reason>Failure condition was found: [Output match: LOCAL]</reason></exclude>
 	<exclude id="JarExtensionsTests.MultipleJarsInManifests.Verify1" platform="current"><reason>Failure condition was found: [Output match: LOCAL]</reason></exclude>
+	<exclude id="NonExistJarTests.CheckForError1" platform="all"><reason>https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/issues/20702</reason></exclude>
 </suite>