diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/WatcherYamlRestIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/WatcherYamlRestIT.java
index 5ec99c01b97b5..8f94e7c61d374 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/WatcherYamlRestIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/rest/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/WatcherYamlRestIT.java
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.smoketest;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.rest.yaml.ClientYamlTestCandidate;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.WatcherYamlSuiteTestCase;
 
 /**
  * Runs the YAML rest tests against an external cluster
  */
+@LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/53177")
 public class WatcherYamlRestIT extends WatcherYamlSuiteTestCase {
     public WatcherYamlRestIT(ClientYamlTestCandidate testCandidate) {
         super(testCandidate);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
index 5bebf4ebc23d4..e16ccc70ca9cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/watcher/qa/with-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.Name;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ParametersFactory;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Request;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SecureString;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.test.SecuritySettingsSourceField.basicAuthHeaderValue;
 
+@LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/53177")
 public class SmokeTestWatcherWithSecurityClientYamlTestSuiteIT extends WatcherYamlSuiteTestCase {
 
     private static final String TEST_ADMIN_USERNAME = "test_admin";