diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
index 849cc1ad4efb8..2c505a1b92163 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ public void testIndexCreationOverLimit() {
         assertFalse(clusterState.getMetaData().hasIndex("should-fail"));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/47107")
     public void testIndexCreationOverLimitFromTemplate() {
         int dataNodes = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState().getNodes().getDataNodes().size();