diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index 5fff846dc48..be70d4f5738 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -2672,6 +2672,7 @@ public class SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCas
         assertEquals("IndexShardSnapshotFailedException[Aborted]", snapshotInfo.shardFailures().get(0).reason());
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/21496")
     public void testSnapshotSucceedsAfterSnapshotFailure() throws Exception {
         logger.info("--> creating repository");
         final Path repoPath = randomRepoPath();