diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayMetaStateTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayMetaStateTests.java
index 22259b919ec..1f4e0bafe4a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayMetaStateTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayMetaStateTests.java
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ public class GatewayMetaStateTests extends ESAllocationTestCase {
         return builder.build();
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/39077")
     public void testAtomicityWithFailures() throws IOException {
         try (NodeEnvironment env = newNodeEnvironment()) {
             MetaStateServiceWithFailures metaStateService =