diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/ShardChangesIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/ShardChangesIT.java
index 7ff9bef2c630b..fdbadf122d7d4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/ShardChangesIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/ShardChangesIT.java
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ public void afterBulk(long executionId, BulkRequest request, Throwable failure)
         assertMaxSeqNoOfUpdatesIsTransferred(resolveIndex("index1"), resolveIndex("index2"), numberOfShards);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/33337")
     public void testFollowIndexAndCloseNode() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
         String leaderIndexSettings = getIndexSettings(3, 1, singletonMap(IndexSettings.INDEX_SOFT_DELETES_SETTING.getKey(), "true"));