diff --git a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
index 71dd17f0684..b4d60d3708e 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public class SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT extends ESRestTestCase {
         assertThat(conditionMet, is(false));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/29893")
     public void testSearchTransformHasPermissions() throws Exception {
         try (XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder()) {
             builder.startObject();
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ public class SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT extends ESRestTestCase {
         assertThat(spam, is("eggs"));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/30777")
     public void testIndexActionInsufficientPrivileges() throws Exception {
         try (XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder()) {
             builder.startObject();