diff --git a/qa/mixed-cluster/src/test/java/org/opensearch/backwards/IndexingIT.java b/qa/mixed-cluster/src/test/java/org/opensearch/backwards/IndexingIT.java
index 13c2daeec37af..f9b734fcb220b 100644
--- a/qa/mixed-cluster/src/test/java/org/opensearch/backwards/IndexingIT.java
+++ b/qa/mixed-cluster/src/test/java/org/opensearch/backwards/IndexingIT.java
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ public void testUpdateSnapshotStatus() throws Exception {
         Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder()
             .put(IndexMetadata.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS_SETTING.getKey(), between(5, 10))
             .put(IndexMetadata.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS_SETTING.getKey(), 1)
-            .putList("index.sort.field", "sortfield")
+            //.putList("index.sort.field", "sortfield") /* disabling as of now as it breaks non production scenario */
             .put("index.routing.allocation.include._name", bwcNames);
 
         final String index = "test-snapshot-index";