diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
index daf17b91961d5..e9c761efdeb18 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/seqno/RetentionLeaseIT.java
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ public void testBackgroundRetentionLeaseSync() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/38588")
     public void testRetentionLeasesSyncOnRecovery() throws Exception {
         final int numberOfReplicas = 2 - scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 2);
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(1 + numberOfReplicas);