diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/resthandler/RestExplainActionIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/resthandler/RestExplainActionIT.kt
index 5c91f9364..8a75e8923 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/resthandler/RestExplainActionIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/resthandler/RestExplainActionIT.kt
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ class RestExplainActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
 
         removePolicyFromIndex(indexName1)
         removePolicyFromIndex(indexName2)
+
+        // wait for jobs to finish
+        Thread.sleep(1000)
     }
 
     fun `test explain filter failed index`() {
@@ -607,6 +610,9 @@ class RestExplainActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
 
         removePolicyFromIndex(indexName1)
         removePolicyFromIndex(indexName2)
+
+        // wait for jobs to finish
+        Thread.sleep(1000)
     }
 
     @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST") // Do assertion of the response map here so we don't have many places to do suppression.