diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/PermissionsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/PermissionsIT.java
index 3c3f11ff6b567..2dbc332666603 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/PermissionsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/PermissionsIT.java
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ public void testCanViewExplainOnUnmanagedIndex() throws Exception {
      * Tests when the user is limited by alias of an index is able to write to index
      * which was rolled over by an ILM policy.
      */
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/41440")
     @TestIssueLogging(value = "org.elasticsearch:DEBUG", issueUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/41440")
     public void testWhenUserLimitedByOnlyAliasOfIndexCanWriteToIndexWhichWasRolledoverByILMPolicy() throws Exception {
         /*