diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameAuditorIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameAuditorIT.java
index 750faf8dade..2367e255cd9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameAuditorIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/data-frame/qa/single-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dataframe/integration/DataFrameAuditorIT.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class DataFrameAuditorIT extends DataFrameRestTestCase {
         setupUser(TEST_USER_NAME, Arrays.asList("data_frame_transforms_admin", DATA_ACCESS_ROLE));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/40594")
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testAuditorWritesAudits() throws Exception {
         String transformId = "simplePivotForAudit";