diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
index 31bfd8c9203f5..cf96d99f7429a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/TimeSeriesLifecycleActionsIT.java
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ public void testAllocateActionOnlyReplicas() throws Exception {
         });
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/50781")
     public void testWaitForSnapshot() throws Exception {
         createIndexWithSettings(index, Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
             .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0));
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ public void testWaitForSnapshotSlmExecutedBefore() throws Exception {
         updatePolicy(index, policy);
         assertBusy(() -> assertThat(getStepKeyForIndex(index).getAction(), equalTo("wait_for_snapshot")));
         assertBusy(() -> assertThat(getStepKeyForIndex(index).getName(), equalTo("wait-for-snapshot")));
-        
+
         request = new Request("PUT", "/_slm/policy/slm/_execute");
         assertOK(client().performRequest(request));