diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/BaseVectorSimilarityQueryTestCase.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/BaseVectorSimilarityQueryTestCase.java
index c4f624bae741..40f31fb29012 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/BaseVectorSimilarityQueryTestCase.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/BaseVectorSimilarityQueryTestCase.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.index.RandomIndexWriter;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.LuceneTestCase;
 
+@LuceneTestCase.SuppressCodecs("SimpleText")
 abstract class BaseVectorSimilarityQueryTestCase<
         V, F extends Field, Q extends AbstractVectorSimilarityQuery>
     extends LuceneTestCase {