diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
index 371b5667c7d..2e63c56e247 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade-multi-cluster/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/CcrRollingUpgradeIT.java
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ public class CcrRollingUpgradeIT extends AbstractMultiClusterUpgradeTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/45641")
     public void testBiDirectionalIndexFollowing() throws Exception {
         logger.info("clusterName={}, upgradeState={}", clusterName, upgradeState);