diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index 98def27ff19..8ca37145952 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ public class DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTest
         assertEquals(0, snapshotInfo.failedShards());
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/25281")
     public void testMasterShutdownDuringFailedSnapshot() throws Exception {
         logger.info("-->  starting two master nodes and two data nodes");
         internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNodes(2);