diff --git a/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java b/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
index ce66800d892..6f878d24c87 100644
--- a/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
+++ b/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public class FullClusterRestartIT extends AbstractFullClusterRestartTestCase {
 
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/34853")
     public void testShrink() throws IOException {
         String shrunkenIndex = index + "_shrunk";
         int numDocs;