diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/CrudIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/CrudIT.java
index 27e6221f0ec84..1fcbc73dc50b3 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/CrudIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/CrudIT.java
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ public void testMultiGet() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/38451 contains a fix. sliencing for now")
     public void testIndex() throws IOException {
         final XContentType xContentType = randomFrom(XContentType.values());
         {