diff --git a/docs/changelog/117618.yaml b/docs/changelog/117618.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5de29e2fe768c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/117618.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 117618
+summary: SearchStatesIt failures reported by CI
+area: Search
+type: bug
+issues: [116617, 116618]
diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index fdadc747289bb..d703cfaa1b9aa 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.searchablesnapshots.SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests
   method: testSearchableSnapshotShardsAreSkippedBySearchRequestWithoutQueryingAnyNodeWhenTheyAreOutsideOfTheQueryRange
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116523
-- class: org.elasticsearch.upgrades.SearchStatesIT
-  method: testBWCSearchStates
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116617
-- class: org.elasticsearch.upgrades.SearchStatesIT
-  method: testCanMatch
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116618
 - class: org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.RepositoriesFileSettingsIT
   method: testSettingsApplied
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116694