diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/FilteringAllocationIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/FilteringAllocationIT.java
index 439dcd42ed0..93bdd674180 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/FilteringAllocationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/allocation/FilteringAllocationIT.java
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ public class FilteringAllocationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         assertEquals("invalid IP address [192.168.1.1.] for [" + filterSetting.getKey() + ipKey + "]", e.getMessage());
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix( bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/45003")
     public void testTransientSettingsStillApplied() {
         List<String> nodes = internalCluster().startNodes(6);
         Set<String> excludeNodes = new HashSet<>(nodes.subList(0, 3));
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
index 1315f4cd6aa..b8428a23554 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESIntegTestCase.java
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ public abstract class ESIntegTestCase extends ESTestCase {
      * using the cluster health API.
      */
     public ClusterHealthStatus waitForRelocation(ClusterHealthStatus status) {
-        ClusterHealthRequest request = Requests.clusterHealthRequest().waitForNoRelocatingShards(true);
+        ClusterHealthRequest request = Requests.clusterHealthRequest().waitForNoRelocatingShards(true).waitForEvents(Priority.LANGUID);
         if (status != null) {
             request.waitForStatus(status);
         }