diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/SecurityDocumentationIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/SecurityDocumentationIT.java
index 2edf4d5c4e0..6732f5ca384 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/SecurityDocumentationIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/SecurityDocumentationIT.java
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ public class SecurityDocumentationIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/48440")
     public void testGetUsers() throws Exception {
         final RestHighLevelClient client = highLevelClient();
         String[] usernames = new String[] {"user1", "user2", "user3"};