diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/PrimaryReplicaSyncerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/PrimaryReplicaSyncerTests.java
index 29b16ca28f4da..36d52d4475b1a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/PrimaryReplicaSyncerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/PrimaryReplicaSyncerTests.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public void testSyncerSendsOffCorrectDocuments() throws Exception {
         closeShards(shard);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/33330")
     public void testSyncerOnClosingShard() throws Exception {
         IndexShard shard = newStartedShard(true);
         AtomicBoolean syncActionCalled = new AtomicBoolean();