diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/checkpoint/DataFrameTransformsCheckpointServiceTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/checkpoint/DataFrameTransformsCheckpointServiceTests.java
index cc9179f8ba7..6c487765f92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/checkpoint/DataFrameTransformsCheckpointServiceTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/checkpoint/DataFrameTransformsCheckpointServiceTests.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class DataFrameTransformsCheckpointServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/40368")
     public void testExtractIndexCheckpointsInconsistentGlobalCheckpoints() {
         Map<String, long[]> expectedCheckpoints = new HashMap<>();
         Set<String> indices = randomUserIndices();