diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/IndexLookupTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/IndexLookupTests.java
index 9223944383656..dcfda3c3ef2e0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/IndexLookupTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/script/IndexLookupTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.script;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchPhaseExecutionException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.ShardSearchFailure;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
+@AwaitsFix(bugUrl="https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/9746")
 public class IndexLookupTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
 
     String includeAllFlag = "_FREQUENCIES | _OFFSETS | _PAYLOADS | _POSITIONS | _CACHE";