diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobStoreRepositoryTests.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
index e87699ff93ca5..c0809aaa52e39 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureBlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
 import fixture.azure.AzureHttpHandler;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+@LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/48978")
 @SuppressForbidden(reason = "this test uses a HttpServer to emulate an Azure endpoint")
 public class AzureBlobStoreRepositoryTests extends ESMockAPIBasedRepositoryIntegTestCase {