diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
index 99848f64571..7ca9dcc82f7 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.seqno.SequenceNumbers;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.translog.SnapshotMatchers;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.translog.Translog;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public class RecoveryTests extends ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @TestLogging("_root:TRACE")
     public void testRetentionPolicyChangeDuringRecovery() throws Exception {
         try (ReplicationGroup shards = createGroup(0)) {
             shards.startPrimary();
@@ -99,7 +101,10 @@ public class RecoveryTests extends ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase {
             releaseRecovery.countDown();
             future.get();
             // rolling/flushing is async
-            assertBusy(() -> assertThat(replica.estimateTranslogOperationsFromMinSeq(0), equalTo(0)));
+            assertBusy(() -> {
+                assertThat(replica.getLastSyncedGlobalCheckpoint(), equalTo(19L));
+                assertThat(replica.estimateTranslogOperationsFromMinSeq(0), equalTo(0));
+            });
         }
     }