diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
index 8011be1d69a04..5ea1b869f417e 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.persistent.PersistentTasksCustomMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.RemovedTaskListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskCancelledException;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskId;
@@ -599,24 +600,32 @@ private <T> void waitForCompletionTestCase(boolean storeResult, Function<TaskId,
             TEST_TASK_ACTION.name() + "[n]",
             () -> client().execute(TEST_TASK_ACTION, request)
         );
-        ActionFuture<T> waitResponseFuture;
+        var tasks = clusterAdmin().prepareListTasks().setActions(TEST_TASK_ACTION.name()).get().getTasks();
+        assertThat(tasks, hasSize(1));
+        TaskId taskId = tasks.get(0).taskId();
+        clusterAdmin().prepareGetTask(taskId).get();
+
+        var taskManager = (MockTaskManager) internalCluster().getInstance(
+            TransportService.class,
+            clusterService().state().getNodes().resolveNode(taskId.getNodeId()).getName()
+        ).getTaskManager();
+        var listener = new MockTaskManagerListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onRemovedTaskListenerRegistered(RemovedTaskListener removedTaskListener) {
+                // Unblock the request only after it started waiting for task completion
+                client().execute(UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION, new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequest());
+            }
+        };
+        taskManager.addListener(listener);
         try {
-            var tasks = clusterAdmin().prepareListTasks().setActions(TEST_TASK_ACTION.name()).get().getTasks();
-            assertThat(tasks, hasSize(1));
-            var taskId = tasks.get(0).taskId();
-            clusterAdmin().prepareGetTask(taskId).get();
-
             // Spin up a request to wait for the test task to finish
-            waitResponseFuture = wait.apply(taskId);
+            // The task will be unblocked as soon as the request started waiting for task completion
+            T waitResponse = wait.apply(taskId).get();
+            validator.accept(waitResponse);
         } finally {
-            // Unblock the request so the wait for completion request can finish
-            client().execute(UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION, new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequest()).get();
+            taskManager.removeListener(listener);
         }
 
-        // Now that the task is unblocked the list response will come back
-        T waitResponse = waitResponseFuture.get();
-        validator.accept(waitResponse);
-
         TestTaskPlugin.NodesResponse response = future.get();
         assertEquals(emptyList(), response.failures());
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/TransportGetTaskAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/TransportGetTaskAction.java
index c8b33e6d569d2..85de3c65c798e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/TransportGetTaskAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/get/TransportGetTaskAction.java
@@ -141,9 +141,17 @@ void getRunningTaskFromNode(Task thisTask, GetTaskRequest request, ActionListene
         } else {
             if (request.getWaitForCompletion()) {
                 final ListenableActionFuture<Void> future = new ListenableActionFuture<>();
-                RemovedTaskListener removedTaskListener = task -> {
-                    if (task.equals(runningTask)) {
-                        future.onResponse(null);
+                RemovedTaskListener removedTaskListener = new RemovedTaskListener() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onRemoved(Task task) {
+                        if (task.equals(runningTask)) {
+                            future.onResponse(null);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String toString() {
+                        return "Waiting for task completion " + runningTask;
                     }
                 };
                 taskManager.registerRemovedTaskListener(removedTaskListener);
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManager.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManager.java
index be2c0c332e41c..599868ab7f1f9 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManager.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManager.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.Property;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.RemovedTaskListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskAwareRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskManager;
@@ -84,4 +85,16 @@ public void addListener(MockTaskManagerListener listener) {
     public void removeListener(MockTaskManagerListener listener) {
         listeners.remove(listener);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void registerRemovedTaskListener(RemovedTaskListener removedTaskListener) {
+        super.registerRemovedTaskListener(removedTaskListener);
+        for (MockTaskManagerListener listener : listeners) {
+            try {
+                listener.onRemovedTaskListenerRegistered(removedTaskListener);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.warn("failed to notify task manager listener about a registered removed task listener", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManagerListener.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManagerListener.java
index 4bebfae914219..1f915f26db70f 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManagerListener.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/tasks/MockTaskManagerListener.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.test.tasks;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.tasks.RemovedTaskListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.Task;
 
 /**
@@ -17,4 +18,6 @@ public interface MockTaskManagerListener {
     default void onTaskRegistered(Task task) {};
 
     default void onTaskUnregistered(Task task) {};
+
+    default void onRemovedTaskListenerRegistered(RemovedTaskListener removedTaskListener) {};
 }