diff --git a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/ApiKeyBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/ApiKeyBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
index 25e8aed73bda2..4d4b04456ec2a 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/ApiKeyBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/qa/rolling-upgrade/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/ApiKeyBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ private Map<Boolean, RestClient> getRestClientByCapability() throws IOException
 
     private static RoleDescriptor randomRoleDescriptor(boolean includeRemoteDescriptors) {
         final Set<String> excludedPrivileges = Set.of(
+            "read_failure_store",
+            "manage_failure_store",
             "cross_cluster_replication",
             "cross_cluster_replication_internal",
             "manage_data_stream_lifecycle"