diff --git a/docs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java b/docs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
index 069945f1b7474..0773c5b706445 100644
--- a/docs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
+++ b/docs/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/smoketest/DocsClientYamlTestSuiteIT.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ protected ClientYamlTestClient initClientYamlTestClient(
 
     @Before
     public void waitForRequirements() throws Exception {
-        if (isCcrTest()) {
+        if (isCcrTest() || isGetLicenseTest()) {
             ESRestTestCase.waitForActiveLicense(adminClient());
         }
     }
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ protected boolean isCcrTest() {
         return testName != null && testName.contains("/ccr/");
     }
 
+    protected boolean isGetLicenseTest() {
+        String testName = getTestName();
+        return testName != null && (testName.contains("/get-license/") || testName.contains("\\get-license\\"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Compares the results of running two analyzers against many random
      * strings. The goal is to figure out if two anlayzers are "the same" by
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/basic-enable-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/EnableSecurityOnBasicLicenseIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/basic-enable-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/EnableSecurityOnBasicLicenseIT.java
index fa64a89f2f633..f3ce68e85a0fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/basic-enable-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/EnableSecurityOnBasicLicenseIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/basic-enable-security/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/EnableSecurityOnBasicLicenseIT.java
@@ -97,10 +97,16 @@ private String getIndices() throws IOException {
         return EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
     }
 
-    private void checkBasicLicenseType() throws IOException {
-        Map<String, Object> license = getAsMap("/_license");
-        assertThat(license, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(ObjectPath.evaluate(license, "license.type"), equalTo("basic"));
+    private void checkBasicLicenseType() throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            try {
+                Map<String, Object> license = getAsMap("/_license");
+                assertThat(license, notNullValue());
+                assertThat(ObjectPath.evaluate(license, "license.type"), equalTo("basic"));
+            } catch (ResponseException e) {
+                throw new AssertionError(e);
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     private void checkSecurityStatus(boolean expectEnabled) throws IOException {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/security-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/SecurityWithBasicLicenseIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/security-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/SecurityWithBasicLicenseIT.java
index 98f92c750951c..142f0e0ba960c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/security-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/SecurityWithBasicLicenseIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/security-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/SecurityWithBasicLicenseIT.java
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ private void revertTrial() throws IOException {
         client().performRequest(new Request("POST", "/_license/start_basic?acknowledge=true"));
     }
 
-    private void checkLicenseType(String type) throws IOException {
-        Map<String, Object> license = getAsMap("/_license");
-        assertThat(license, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(ObjectPath.evaluate(license, "license.type"), equalTo(type));
+    private void checkLicenseType(String type) throws Exception {
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            Map<String, Object> license = getAsMap("/_license");
+            assertThat(license, notNullValue());
+            assertThat(ObjectPath.evaluate(license, "license.type"), equalTo(type));
+        });
     }
 
     private void checkSecurityEnabled(boolean allowAllRealms) throws IOException {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/tls-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/TlsWithBasicLicenseIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/tls-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/TlsWithBasicLicenseIT.java
index 5477dd638f9bf..805cecf21d99a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/tls-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/TlsWithBasicLicenseIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/qa/tls-basic/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/TlsWithBasicLicenseIT.java
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ protected Settings restClientSettings() {
     }
 
     public void testWithBasicLicense() throws Exception {
-        checkLicenseType("basic");
-        checkSSLEnabled();
-        checkCertificateAPI();
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            checkLicenseType("basic");
+            checkSSLEnabled();
+            checkCertificateAPI();
+        });
     }
 
     public void testWithTrialLicense() throws Exception {