diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/common/validation/SourceDestValidatorTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/common/validation/SourceDestValidatorTests.java
index 566925258c8..9bfd9cc3212 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/common/validation/SourceDestValidatorTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/common/validation/SourceDestValidatorTests.java
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ public class SourceDestValidatorTests extends ESTestCase {
         }, null);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/50420")
     public void testRemoteSourceDoesNotExist() throws InterruptedException {
         Context context = spy(
             new SourceDestValidator.Context(