diff --git a/command/e2etest/main_test.go b/command/e2etest/main_test.go
index 64dc8f148..a053e501e 100644
--- a/command/e2etest/main_test.go
+++ b/command/e2etest/main_test.go
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ func skipIfCannotAccessNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	if !canAccessNetwork() {
 		t.Skip("network access not allowed; use TF_ACC=1 to enable")
 	}
+
+	// During the early part of the Terraform v0.12 release process, certain
+	// upstream resources are not yet ready to support it and so these
+	// tests cannot be run. These will be re-enabled prior to Terraform v0.12.0
+	// final.
+	t.Skip("all tests with external network access are temporarily disabled until upstream services are updated")
 }