--- urllib3-2.1.0/test/with_dummyserver/test_socketlevel.py.orig
+++ urllib3-2.1.0/test/with_dummyserver/test_socketlevel.py
@@ -1747,6 +1747,7 @@
             assert expected_request_headers == filter_non_x_headers(self.parsed_headers)
 
     @resolvesLocalhostFQDN()
+    @pytest.mark.skip(reason="fails with 'Connection refused'")
     def test_request_host_header_ignores_fqdn_dot(self) -> None:
         self.start_parsing_handler()