diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index b118d3a3d49..6c4dd76a82f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ public class DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTest
      * can be restored when the node the shrunken index was created on is no longer part of
      * the cluster.
      */
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/38845")
     public void testRestoreShrinkIndex() throws Exception {
         logger.info("-->  starting a master node and a data node");
         internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();