diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search_shards/10_basic.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search_shards/10_basic.yml
index 653979073b707..3396bc491fd96 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search_shards/10_basic.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search_shards/10_basic.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 ---
 "Search shards aliases with and without filters":
+  - skip:
+      version: "all"
+      reason: "AwaitsFix: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/40838"
   - do:
       indices.create:
         index: test_index