diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
index e562ed43a0fd9..3208edce68a76 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 
 public class SearchSourceBuilderTests extends AbstractSearchTestCase {
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/96896")
     public void testFromXContent() throws IOException {
         SearchSourceBuilder testSearchSourceBuilder = createSearchSourceBuilder();
         XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(randomFrom(XContentType.values()));