diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
index 924469ca6cb..edf5a0d28f2 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-public class ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase extends ESTestCase {
+public abstract class ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase extends ESTestCase {
 
     private ThreadPool threadPool;
     final private Index index = new Index("test", "uuid");