diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CcrRepositoryIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CcrRepositoryIT.java
index faaef8b407c92..2be51fc28be86 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CcrRepositoryIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/CcrRepositoryIT.java
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ public void testRateLimitingIsEmployed() throws Exception {
         assertAcked(followerClient().admin().cluster().updateSettings(settingsRequest).actionGet());
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/37887")
     public void testFollowerMappingIsUpdated() throws IOException {
         String leaderClusterRepoName = CcrRepository.NAME_PREFIX + "leader_cluster";
         String leaderIndex = "index1";