diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterClientTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterClientTests.java
index a497e509c1577..8cfec0a07f910 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterClientTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterClientTests.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteClusterConnectionTests.startTransport;
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ public void testConnectAndExecuteRequest() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/29547")
     public void testEnsureWeReconnect() throws Exception {
         Settings remoteSettings = Settings.builder().put(ClusterName.CLUSTER_NAME_SETTING.getKey(), "foo_bar_cluster").build();
         try (MockTransportService remoteTransport = startTransport("remote_node", Collections.emptyList(), Version.CURRENT, threadPool,
@@ -79,17 +79,35 @@ public void testEnsureWeReconnect() throws Exception {
                 .put(RemoteClusterService.ENABLE_REMOTE_CLUSTERS.getKey(), true)
                 .put("search.remote.test.seeds", remoteNode.getAddress().getAddress() + ":" + remoteNode.getAddress().getPort()).build();
             try (MockTransportService service = MockTransportService.createNewService(localSettings, Version.CURRENT, threadPool, null)) {
+                Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(1);
                 service.start();
+                service.addConnectionListener(new TransportConnectionListener() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onNodeDisconnected(DiscoveryNode node) {
+                        if (remoteNode.equals(node)) {
+                            semaphore.release();
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+                // this test is not perfect since we might reconnect concurrently but it will fail most of the time if we don't have
+                // the right calls in place in the RemoteAwareClient
                 service.acceptIncomingRequests();
-                service.disconnectFromNode(remoteNode);
-                RemoteClusterService remoteClusterService = service.getRemoteClusterService();
-                assertBusy(() -> assertFalse(remoteClusterService.isRemoteNodeConnected("test", remoteNode)));
-                Client client = remoteClusterService.getRemoteClusterClient(threadPool, "test");
-                ClusterStateResponse clusterStateResponse = client.admin().cluster().prepareState().execute().get();
-                assertNotNull(clusterStateResponse);
-                assertEquals("foo_bar_cluster", clusterStateResponse.getState().getClusterName().value());
+                for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                    semaphore.acquire();
+                    try {
+                        service.disconnectFromNode(remoteNode);
+                        semaphore.acquire();
+                        RemoteClusterService remoteClusterService = service.getRemoteClusterService();
+                        Client client = remoteClusterService.getRemoteClusterClient(threadPool, "test");
+                        ClusterStateResponse clusterStateResponse = client.admin().cluster().prepareState().execute().get();
+                        assertNotNull(clusterStateResponse);
+                        assertEquals("foo_bar_cluster", clusterStateResponse.getState().getClusterName().value());
+                        assertTrue(remoteClusterService.isRemoteNodeConnected("test", remoteNode));
+                    } finally {
+                        semaphore.release();
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
-
 }