diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SourceOnlySnapshotShardTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SourceOnlySnapshotShardTests.java
index 7058724ecf0..261133b8907 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SourceOnlySnapshotShardTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SourceOnlySnapshotShardTests.java
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ public class SourceOnlySnapshotShardTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
         return "{ \"value\" : \"" + randomAlphaOfLength(10) + "\"}";
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/33689")
     public void testRestoreMinmal() throws IOException {
         IndexShard shard = newStartedShard(true);
         int numInitialDocs = randomIntBetween(10, 100);