diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index c31037ec92242..4f03b8921aab5 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -483,6 +483,3 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.external.request.azureopenai.embeddings.AzureOpenAiEmbeddingsRequestTests
   method: testCreateRequest_WithEntraIdDefined
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/125061
-- class: org.elasticsearch.upgrades.ApiKeyBackwardsCompatibilityIT
-  method: testCreatingAndUpdatingApiKeys
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/125307
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 8a775c7f7d3d8..ab4ea379e1f14 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
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ 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"