diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
index 2331d52c3a1bc..41350a0f553f4 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ public void testDeleteMultipleShallowCopySnapshotsCase3() throws Exception {
         assert (getLockFilesInRemoteStore(remoteStoreEnabledIndexName, REMOTE_REPO_NAME).length == 0);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/9208")
     public void testRemoteStoreCleanupForDeletedIndex() throws Exception {
         disableRepoConsistencyCheck("Remote store repository is being used in the test");
         final Path remoteStoreRepoPath = randomRepoPath();
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
index f277c118c3d46..2bf610974767b 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ private static Settings buildRemoteStoreNodeAttributes(
         }
         settings.put(RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_STORE_PATH_TYPE_SETTING.getKey(), randomFrom(PathType.values()));
         settings.put(RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_STORE_TRANSLOG_METADATA.getKey(), randomBoolean());
-        settings.put(RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_STORE_PINNED_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.getKey(), randomBoolean());
+        settings.put(RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_STORE_PINNED_TIMESTAMP_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
         return settings.build();
     }