diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index fcd0b95e5d089..7f15360995b10 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -293,9 +293,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.mixed.EsqlClientYamlIT
   method: test {p0=esql/61_enrich_ip/IP strings}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116529
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.searchablesnapshots.SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests
-  method: testSearchableSnapshotShardsAreSkippedBySearchRequestWithoutQueryingAnyNodeWhenTheyAreOutsideOfTheQueryRange
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116523
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.DefaultEndPointsIT
   method: testInferDeploysDefaultElser
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/114913
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
index 6e4f8daf9a388..69c5141fcef41 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public void testSearchableSnapshotShardsAreSkippedBySearchRequestWithoutQuerying
                     }
                     if (searchShardsResponse != null) {
                         for (SearchShardsGroup group : searchShardsResponse.getGroups()) {
-                            assertFalse("no shard should be marked as skipped", group.skipped());
+                            assertTrue("the shard is skipped because index value is outside the query time range", group.skipped());
                         }
                     }
                 }