diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/IndexFollowingIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/IndexFollowingIT.java
index a91f4a4cac8..e9d0534d458 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/IndexFollowingIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/IndexFollowingIT.java
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ public class IndexFollowingIT extends CCRIntegTestCase {
         assertMaxSeqNoOfUpdatesIsTransferred(resolveLeaderIndex("index1"), resolveFollowerIndex("index2"), numberOfShards);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/34696")
     public void testFollowIndexAndCloseNode() throws Exception {
         getFollowerCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
         String leaderIndexSettings = getIndexSettings(3, 1, singletonMap(IndexSettings.INDEX_SOFT_DELETES_SETTING.getKey(), "true"));
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@ public class IndexFollowingIT extends CCRIntegTestCase {
         assertThat(followerClient().prepareSearch("index2").get().getHits().getTotalHits(), equalTo(2L));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/34696")
     public void testFailOverOnFollower() throws Exception {
         int numberOfReplicas = between(1, 2);
         getFollowerCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();