diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index a54d612783f43..ed52d0b6ab1a7 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.allocator.DesiredBalanceReconcilerMetricsIT
   method: testDesiredBalanceMetrics
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116870
+- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.InferenceRestIT
+  method: test {p0=inference/30_semantic_text_inference/Calculates embeddings using the default ELSER 2 endpoint}
+  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116542
 
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