diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
index 96781f038d60c..3af391c4cf862 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ public void testAutoFollowing() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/39355")
     public void testCannotFollowLeaderInUpgradedCluster() throws Exception {
         assumeTrue("Tests only runs with upgrade_state [all]", upgradeState == UpgradeState.ALL);