diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RegressionIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RegressionIT.java
index 5ecab6f69d4..777451baca7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RegressionIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RegressionIT.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public class RegressionIT extends MlNativeDataFrameAnalyticsIntegTestCase {
             "Finished analysis");
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/49680")
     public void testStopAndRestart() throws Exception {
         initialize("regression_stop_and_restart");
         indexData(sourceIndex, 350, 0);