diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayIndexStateIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayIndexStateIT.java
index f431113183ff4..fa6469037b061 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayIndexStateIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/GatewayIndexStateIT.java
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ public Settings onNodeStopped(final String nodeName) throws Exception {
      * allocated in our metadata that we recover. In that case we now have the ability to check the index on local recovery from disk
      * if it is sane and if we can successfully create an IndexService. This also includes plugins etc.
      */
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/40867")
     public void testRecoverBrokenIndexMetadata() throws Exception {
         logger.info("--> starting one node");
         internalCluster().startNode();