diff --git a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/RecoveryIT.java b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/RecoveryIT.java
index 35cde43fcff..bf842bdd6e0 100644
--- a/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/RecoveryIT.java
+++ b/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/RecoveryIT.java
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ public class RecoveryIT extends AbstractRollingTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/50426")
     public void testAutoExpandIndicesDuringRollingUpgrade() throws Exception {
         final String indexName = "test-auto-expand-filtering";
         final Version minimumNodeVersion = minimumNodeVersion();