diff --git a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
index 9ea73d5b1e09f..da8eca37d5476 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/smoke-test-watcher-with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.smoketest;
 
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Response;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasEntry;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
+@AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/35361")
 public class SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityIT extends ESRestTestCase {
 
     private static final String TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME = "test_admin";