diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
index 2488551f7d6..de2c698b7bb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/RemoteClusterConnectionTests.java
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ public class RemoteClusterConnectionTests extends ESTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/45845")
     public void testCloseWhileConcurrentlyConnecting() throws IOException, InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
         List<DiscoveryNode> knownNodes = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
         try (MockTransportService seedTransport = startTransport("seed_node", knownNodes, Version.CURRENT);