diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index b90bc39709c..e1f75bb0a81 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ public class DedicatedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTest
         logger.info("--> done");
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/39852")
     public void testSnapshotWithStuckNode() throws Exception {
         logger.info("--> start 2 nodes");
         ArrayList<String> nodes = new ArrayList<>();