diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureIT.java
index ad6c396df69a1..ee5150c97fb4f 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureIT.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException;
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.SegmentReplicationBaseIT;
-import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
@@ -53,24 +52,12 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
             .build();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Settings indexSettings() {
-        // we want to control refreshes
-        return Settings.builder()
-            .put(super.indexSettings())
-            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, SHARD_COUNT)
-            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, REPLICA_COUNT)
-            .put(IndexModule.INDEX_QUERY_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), false)
-            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.SEGMENT)
-            .put("index.refresh_interval", -1)
-            .build();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
         return asList(MockTransportService.TestPlugin.class);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/6671")
     public void testWritesRejected() throws Exception {
         final String primaryNode = internalCluster().startNode();
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME);
@@ -89,10 +76,6 @@ public void testWritesRejected() throws Exception {
             indexingThread.start();
             indexingThread.join();
             latch.await();
-
-            indexDoc();
-            totalDocs.incrementAndGet();
-            refresh(INDEX_NAME);
             // index again while we are stale.
             assertBusy(() -> {
                 expectThrows(OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException.class, () -> {
@@ -107,7 +90,6 @@ public void testWritesRejected() throws Exception {
 
         // index another doc showing there is no pressure enforced.
         indexDoc();
-        refresh(INDEX_NAME);
         waitForSearchableDocs(totalDocs.incrementAndGet(), replicaNodes.toArray(new String[] {}));
         verifyStoreContent();
     }
@@ -116,6 +98,7 @@ public void testWritesRejected() throws Exception {
      * This test ensures that a replica can be added while the index is under write block.
      * Ensuring that only write requests are blocked.
      */
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/6671")
     public void testAddReplicaWhileWritesBlocked() throws Exception {
         final String primaryNode = internalCluster().startNode();
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME);
@@ -135,9 +118,6 @@ public void testAddReplicaWhileWritesBlocked() throws Exception {
             indexingThread.start();
             indexingThread.join();
             latch.await();
-            indexDoc();
-            totalDocs.incrementAndGet();
-            refresh(INDEX_NAME);
             // index again while we are stale.
             assertBusy(() -> {
                 expectThrows(OpenSearchRejectedExecutionException.class, () -> {
@@ -162,7 +142,6 @@ public void testAddReplicaWhileWritesBlocked() throws Exception {
 
         // index another doc showing there is no pressure enforced.
         indexDoc();
-        refresh(INDEX_NAME);
         waitForSearchableDocs(totalDocs.incrementAndGet(), replicaNodes.toArray(new String[] {}));
         verifyStoreContent();
     }
@@ -279,7 +258,7 @@ private void assertFailedRequests(BulkResponse response) {
     }
 
     private void indexDoc() {
-        client().prepareIndex(INDEX_NAME).setId(UUIDs.base64UUID()).setSource("{}", "{}").execute().actionGet();
+        client().prepareIndex(INDEX_NAME).setId(UUIDs.base64UUID()).setSource("{}", "{}").get();
     }
 
     private void assertEqualSegmentInfosVersion(List<String> replicaNames, IndexShard primaryShard) {