diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/monitoring/bulk/10_basic.yaml b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/monitoring/bulk/10_basic.yaml
index 58146378c55..32d3a15135b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/monitoring/bulk/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/monitoring/bulk/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 setup:
+
+  - do:
+      cluster.health:
+        wait_for_status: yellow
   - do:
       # Waits for the monitoring data index to be available:
       # it indicates that the local exporter is ready