diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index c9c0531..21a6a8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        language: ["cpp", "java", "python"]
+        language: ["java", "python"] # skip "cpp" for now
         # CodeQL supports [ $supported-codeql-languages ]
         # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support