diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
index 4dd58f0f0be..3e68cb414a7 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestHighLevelClientTests.java
@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ public class RestHighLevelClientTests extends ESTestCase {
                         //TODO xpack api are currently ignored, we need to load xpack yaml spec too
                         if (apiName.startsWith("xpack.") == false &&
                             apiName.startsWith("license.") == false &&
-                            apiName.startsWith("watcher.") == false) {
+                            apiName.startsWith("watcher.") == false &&
+                            apiName.startsWith("index_lifecycle.") == false) {
                             apiNotFound.add(apiName);
                         }
                     }