diff --git a/plugins/custom-codecs/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/MultiCodecMergeIT.java b/plugins/custom-codecs/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/MultiCodecMergeIT.java
index 82633513a2f50..fda9327c79dc1 100644
--- a/plugins/custom-codecs/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/MultiCodecMergeIT.java
+++ b/plugins/custom-codecs/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/codec/MultiCodecMergeIT.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
         return Collections.singletonList(CustomCodecPlugin.class);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/9872")
     public void testForceMergeMultipleCodecs() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
 
         Map<String, String> codecMap = Map.of(