diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
index 54bd9d7d0b444..b08c47ec991d8 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ public void testCancellation() throws Exception {
         assertDocCounts(docCount, primaryNode);
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/5669")
     public void testStartReplicaAfterPrimaryIndexesDocs() throws Exception {
         final String primaryNode = internalCluster().startNode(featureFlagSettings());
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME, Settings.builder().put(indexSettings()).put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0).build());