diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
index ce5e0989b622f..86794dd5ee811 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ public void testNodeDropWithOngoingReplication() throws Exception {
         refresh(INDEX_NAME);
         blockFileCopy.countDown();
         internalCluster().stopRandomNode(InternalTestCluster.nameFilter(primaryNode));
+        ensureYellow(INDEX_NAME);
         assertBusy(() -> { assertDocCounts(docCount, replicaNode); });
         state = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().execute().actionGet().getState();
         // replica now promoted as primary should have same allocation id