diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/message/SlackMessageTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/message/SlackMessageTests.java
index b41e58b0612..740501eec4f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/message/SlackMessageTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/notification/slack/message/SlackMessageTests.java
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ public class SlackMessageTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(parsed, equalTo(template));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/31948")
     public void testTemplateRender() throws Exception {
         Settings settings = SlackMessageDefaultsTests.randomSettings();
         SlackMessageDefaults defaults = new SlackMessageDefaults(settings);