diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
index f95039cc748..65c5e95f92b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
@@ -1421,6 +1421,7 @@ public class TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT extends ESRestTestCase {
         assertBusy(() -> assertHistoryIsPresent(policy, index + "-1", false, "ERROR"), 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/53718")
     public void testHistoryIsWrittenWithDeletion() throws Exception {
         // Index should be created and then deleted by ILM
         createIndexWithSettings(index, Settings.builder(), false);