diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/loadingservice/ModelLoadingServiceTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/loadingservice/ModelLoadingServiceTests.java
index 802c990940a..64293456ac2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/loadingservice/ModelLoadingServiceTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/loadingservice/ModelLoadingServiceTests.java
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public class ModelLoadingServiceTests extends ESTestCase {
         verify(trainedModelProvider, times(4)).getTrainedModel(eq(model3), eq(true), any());
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/55251")
     public void testMaxCachedLimitReached() throws Exception {
         String model1 = "test-cached-limit-load-model-1";
         String model2 = "test-cached-limit-load-model-2";