diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ClusterDisruptionIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ClusterDisruptionIT.java
index acec5a583f5..f60e108c34c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ClusterDisruptionIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/discovery/ClusterDisruptionIT.java
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ public class ClusterDisruptionIT extends AbstractDisruptionTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/41047")
     public void testCannotJoinIfMasterLostDataFolder() throws Exception {
         String masterNode = internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();
         String dataNode = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode();