diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/20_translog.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/20_translog.yml
index df602f0c8da38..2839016938e04 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/20_translog.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/indices.stats/20_translog.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   - do:
       cluster.health:
         wait_for_no_initializing_shards: true
+        wait_for_events: languid
   - do:
       indices.stats:
         metric: [ translog ]