diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/GeoIpUpgradeIT.java b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/GeoIpUpgradeIT.java
index c531a8d9d618d..b7ed31b82e82b 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/GeoIpUpgradeIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/GeoIpUpgradeIT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 public class GeoIpUpgradeIT extends AbstractUpgradeTestCase {
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/96129")
     public void testGeoIpDownloader() throws Exception {
         assumeTrue("Disabled until PR #95621 is backported to branch " + Version.V_8_8_0, UPGRADE_FROM_VERSION.onOrBefore(Version.V_8_7_0));