diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/exists/60_realtime_refresh.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/exists/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
index debdd3b2d16..1025747a75c 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/exists/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/exists/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
            index:
              refresh_interval: -1
              number_of_replicas: 0
+
  - do:
       cluster.health:
-          wait_for_status: yellow
+          wait_for_status: green
 
  - do:
       index:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/get/60_realtime_refresh.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/get/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
index 214444c87be..4631bed0299 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/get/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/get/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
  - do:
       cluster.health:
-          wait_for_status: yellow
+          wait_for_status: green
 
  - do:
       index:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/get_source/60_realtime_refresh.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/get_source/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
index 2e31bf1fb18..92f21caf8b4 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/get_source/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/get_source/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
           body:
               settings:
                   refresh_interval: -1
+                  number_of_replicas: 0
 
  - do:
       cluster.health:
-          wait_for_status: yellow
+          wait_for_status: green
 
  - do:
       index:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/mget/60_realtime_refresh.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/mget/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
index 19570fd863e..c688b4b0e93 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/mget/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/mget/60_realtime_refresh.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
  - do:
       cluster.health:
-          wait_for_status: yellow
+          wait_for_status: green
 
  - do:
       index: