diff --git a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/60_monitoring.yml b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
index d8de3d57064..a5711cfd46c 100644
--- a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
+++ b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/mixed_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ setup:
 
 ---
 "Index monitoring data and search on the mixed cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version:     "all"
+      reason:      "AwaitsFix'ing, see x-pack-elasticsearch #2948"
+
   - do:
       search:
         index: .monitoring-kibana-*
diff --git a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/60_monitoring.yml b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
index e81a120750d..5d3501f7783 100644
--- a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
+++ b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/upgraded_cluster/60_monitoring.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ setup:
 
 ---
 "Index monitoring data and search on the upgraded cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version:     "all"
+      reason:      "AwaitsFix'ing, see x-pack-elasticsearch #2948"
+
   - do:
       search:
         index: .monitoring-kibana-*