diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
index a398b0940a2..0e197fad070 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/build.gradle
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ if (BuildParams.runtimeJavaVersion > JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8) {
   )
 }
 
+test {
+  /*
+   * We have to disable setting the number of available processors as tests in the same JVM randomize processors and will step on each
+   * other if we allow them to set the number of available processors as it's set-once in Netty.
+   */
+  systemProperty 'es.set.netty.runtime.available.processors', 'false'
+}
+
 internalClusterTest {
   /*
    * We have to disable setting the number of available processors as tests in the same JVM randomize processors and will step on each
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SimpleSecurityNetty4ServerTransportTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SimpleSecurityNetty4ServerTransportTests.java
index a5cf60f3d2d..4df0d39cb50 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SimpleSecurityNetty4ServerTransportTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/transport/netty4/SimpleSecurityNetty4ServerTransportTests.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.netty4;
 
-import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.AbstractSimpleSecurityTranspor
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-@AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/62298")
 public class SimpleSecurityNetty4ServerTransportTests extends AbstractSimpleSecurityTransportTestCase {
 
     @Override