diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7abd1b7c60078..fa11d814a7fe3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2534,6 +2534,7 @@ project(':tools') {
     testImplementation project(':core').sourceSets.test.output
     testImplementation project(':test-common:test-common-internal-api')
     testImplementation project(':test-common:test-common-runtime')
+    testImplementation project(':test-common:test-common-util')
     testImplementation project(':server-common')
     testImplementation project(':server-common').sourceSets.test.output
     testImplementation project(':connect:api')
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/streams/DescribeStreamsGroupTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/streams/DescribeStreamsGroupTest.java
index 354118397ac9f..34a472a137cf2 100644
--- a/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/streams/DescribeStreamsGroupTest.java
+++ b/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/streams/DescribeStreamsGroupTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.test.api.Flaky;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Exit;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.GroupProtocol;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ public void testDescribeNonExistingStreamsGroup() {
             List.of("--bootstrap-server", bootstrapServers, "--describe", "--verbose", "--members", "--group", nonExistingGroup), errorMessage);
     }
 
+    @Flaky("KAFKA-19701")
     @Test
     public void testDescribeStreamsGroupWithShortTimeout() {
         // Note: 1ms timeout may not always trigger timeout on fast machines with warm groups