diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtils.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtils.java
index e33babb5eb6..c8b8de13d6c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtils.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtils.java
@@ -78,24 +78,19 @@ public final class CorruptionUtils {
                 checksumBeforeCorruption = CodecUtil.retrieveChecksum(input);
             }
             try (FileChannel raf = FileChannel.open(fileToCorrupt, StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE)) {
-                // read
-                raf.position(random.nextInt((int) Math.min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, raf.size())));
-                long filePointer = raf.position();
-                ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[1]);
-                raf.read(bb);
-                bb.flip();
+                long maxPosition = raf.size();
 
-                // corrupt
-                byte oldValue = bb.get(0);
-                byte newValue = (byte) (oldValue + 1);
-                bb.put(0, newValue);
-
-                // rewrite
-                raf.position(filePointer);
-                raf.write(bb);
-                logger.info("Corrupting file --  flipping at position {} from {} to {} file: {}", filePointer,
-                        Integer.toHexString(oldValue), Integer.toHexString(newValue), fileToCorrupt.getFileName());
+                if (fileToCorrupt.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".cfs") && maxPosition > 4) {
+                    // TODO: it is known that Lucene does not check the checksum of CFS file (CompoundFileS, like an archive)
+                    // see note at https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/33911
+                    // so far, don't corrupt crc32 part of checksum (last 4 bytes) of cfs file
+                    // checksum is 8 bytes: first 4 bytes have to be zeros, while crc32 value is not verified
+                    maxPosition -= 4;
+                }
+                final int position = random.nextInt((int) Math.min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, maxPosition));
+                corruptAt(fileToCorrupt, raf, position);
             }
+
             long checksumAfterCorruption;
             long actualChecksumAfterCorruption;
             try (ChecksumIndexInput input = dir.openChecksumInput(fileToCorrupt.getFileName().toString(), IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
@@ -120,5 +115,25 @@ public final class CorruptionUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    static void corruptAt(Path path, FileChannel channel, int position) throws IOException {
+        // read
+        channel.position(position);
+        long filePointer = channel.position();
+        ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[1]);
+        channel.read(bb);
+        bb.flip();
+
+        // corrupt
+        byte oldValue = bb.get(0);
+        byte newValue = (byte) (oldValue + 1);
+        bb.put(0, newValue);
+
+        // rewrite
+        channel.position(filePointer);
+        channel.write(bb);
+        logger.info("Corrupting file --  flipping at position {} from {} to {} file: {}", filePointer,
+                Integer.toHexString(oldValue), Integer.toHexString(newValue), path.getFileName());
+    }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtilsTests.java b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtilsTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2624858c3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/framework/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/CorruptionUtilsTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.test;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.index.CheckIndex;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSDirectory;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush.FlushRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShardTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardPath;
+
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.CorruptionUtils.corruptAt;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
+
+public class CorruptionUtilsTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * There is a dependency on Lucene bug fix
+     * https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/33911
+     */
+    public void testLuceneCheckIndexIgnoresLast4Bytes() throws Exception {
+        final IndexShard indexShard = newStartedShard(true);
+
+        final long numDocs = between(10, 100);
+        for (long i = 0; i < numDocs; i++) {
+            indexDoc(indexShard, "_doc", Long.toString(i), "{}");
+        }
+        indexShard.flush(new FlushRequest());
+        closeShards(indexShard);
+
+        final ShardPath shardPath = indexShard.shardPath();
+
+        final Path indexPath = shardPath.getDataPath().resolve(ShardPath.INDEX_FOLDER_NAME);
+
+        final Path cfsFile;
+        try (Stream<Path> paths = Files.walk(indexPath)) {
+            cfsFile = paths.filter(p -> p.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".cfs")).findFirst()
+                .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("CFS file has to be there"));
+        }
+
+        try (FileChannel raf = FileChannel.open(cfsFile, StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE)) {
+            assertThat(raf.size(), lessThan(Integer.MAX_VALUE * 1L));
+            final int maxPosition = (int) raf.size();
+            // corrupt only last 4 bytes!
+            final int position = randomIntBetween(maxPosition - 4, maxPosition - 1);
+            corruptAt(cfsFile, raf, position);
+        }
+
+        final CheckIndex.Status status;
+        try (CheckIndex checkIndex = new CheckIndex(new SimpleFSDirectory(indexPath))) {
+            status = checkIndex.checkIndex();
+        }
+
+        assertThat("That's a good news! "
+                + "Lucene now validates CRC32 of CFS file: time to drop workaround at CorruptionUtils (and this test)",
+            status.clean, equalTo(true));
+    }
+}