diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
index 5d6bed4629587..23335f6e82ef1 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/shards/ClusterShardLimitIT.java
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ public void testIndexCreationOverLimitForDotIndexesFail() {
         assertFalse(clusterState.getMetadata().hasIndex(".test-index"));
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/6287")
     public void testCreateIndexWithMaxClusterShardSetting() {
         int dataNodes = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState().getNodes().getDataNodes().size();
         ClusterState clusterState = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState();