diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
index 3822455b83c3a..d648146a47208 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/TopHitsIT.java
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ public void testTrackScores() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/26738")
     public void testTopHitsInNestedSimple() throws Exception {
         SearchResponse searchResponse = client().prepareSearch("articles")
                 .setQuery(matchQuery("title", "title"))