diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherTestSuiteIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherTestSuiteIT.java
index 5ce90a6a8ea..7d5894b8e0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherTestSuiteIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherTestSuiteIT.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class SmokeTestWatcherTestSuiteIT extends WatcherRestTestCase {
         return Settings.builder().put(ThreadContext.PREFIX + ".Authorization", token).build();
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/36782")
     public void testMonitorClusterHealth() throws Exception {
         final String watchId = "cluster_health_watch";