diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 93aa3a7b47..cbe4a279ea 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ workflows:
       - tests-java:
           name: jdk-17-nightly
           influxdb-image: "quay.io/influxdb/influxdb:nightly"
-      - tests-java:
-          name: client-backpressure
-          junit-tests: "-DclientBackpressure=true -Dit.test=com.influxdb.client.ITBackpressure -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dit.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dtest=ignore -DwildcardSuites=ignore"
       - tests-java:
           name: client-benchmark
           junit-tests: "-DclientBenchmark=true -Dit.test=com.influxdb.client.ITBenchmarkTest -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dit.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dtest=ignore -DwildcardSuites=ignore"
@@ -287,6 +284,3 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - tests-java:
           name: jdk-8
-      - tests-java:
-          name: client-backpressure
-          junit-tests: "-DclientBackpressure=true -Dit.test=com.influxdb.client.ITBackpressure -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dit.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false -Dtest=ignore -DwildcardSuites=ignore"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cab71b968c..186639517f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Update dependencies:
         - `surefire` to `3.5.5`
         - `junit` to `5.13.4`
 
+### CI
+
+1. [#928](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-java/pull/928): Remove backpressure jobs from CI.
+
 ## 8.0.0 [2026-04-23]
 
 :warning: The `spring` module now targets Spring Boot 4.x. Applications using `com.influxdb:influxdb-client-java-spring` should upgrade to Spring Boot 4.x.