diff --git a/libs/ssl-config/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/ssl/PemTrustConfigTests.java b/libs/ssl-config/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/ssl/PemTrustConfigTests.java
index 44a39c2e183..313a899dba9 100644
--- a/libs/ssl-config/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/ssl/PemTrustConfigTests.java
+++ b/libs/ssl-config/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/ssl/PemTrustConfigTests.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class PemTrustConfigTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertFileNotFound(trustConfig, cert2);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/42509")
     public void testTrustConfigReloadsFileContents() throws Exception {
         final Path cert1 = getDataPath("/certs/ca1/ca.crt");
         final Path cert2 = getDataPath("/certs/ca2/ca.crt");