diff --git a/plugins/delete-by-query/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/delete_by_query/10_basic.yaml b/plugins/delete-by-query/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/delete_by_query/10_basic.yaml
index 063e959a807..124122a44bf 100644
--- a/plugins/delete-by-query/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/delete_by_query/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/plugins/delete-by-query/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/delete_by_query/10_basic.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ setup:
 
 ---
 "Basic delete_by_query":
+  - skip:
+      version: all
+      reason: "Test muted because of a REST test namespace conflict, see https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/18469"
+
   - do:
       delete_by_query:
         index:  test_1