diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
index 49dd6afb41c..f6edd907197 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+setup:
+  - skip:
+      features: regex
+
 ---
 "Test cat recovery output":