diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
index 440a5fbc37e1e..3dd20c4385fee 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public void testFailOverOnFollower() throws Exception {
         pauseFollow("follower-index");
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/33337")
     public void testFollowIndexAndCloseNode() throws Exception {
         getFollowerCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
         String leaderIndexSettings = getIndexSettings(3, 1, singletonMap(IndexSettings.INDEX_SOFT_DELETES_SETTING.getKey(), "true"));