diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensingTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensingTests.java
index 1bf5d48e519c..f958d01c462f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensingTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/license/LicensingTests.java
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ public void cleanupSecurityIndex() {
         deleteSecurityIndex();
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/42215")
     public void testEnableDisableBehaviour() throws Exception {
         IndexResponse indexResponse = index("test", "type", jsonBuilder()
                 .startObject()