diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/snapshotlifecycle/history/SnapshotLifecycleTemplateRegistryTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/snapshotlifecycle/history/SnapshotLifecycleTemplateRegistryTests.java
index 7c086d53de408..2e430497087f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/snapshotlifecycle/history/SnapshotLifecycleTemplateRegistryTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/snapshotlifecycle/history/SnapshotLifecycleTemplateRegistryTests.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public void testDisabledDoesNotAddTemplates() {
         assertThat(disabledRegistry.getPolicyConfigs(), hasSize(0));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/43950")
     public void testThatNonExistingTemplatesAreAddedImmediately() throws Exception {
         DiscoveryNode node = new DiscoveryNode("node", ESTestCase.buildNewFakeTransportAddress(), Version.CURRENT);
         DiscoveryNodes nodes = DiscoveryNodes.builder().localNodeId("node").masterNodeId("node").add(node).build();