diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 223d726df7545..690b0a0f27db3 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchPhaseControllerTests
   method: testProgressListener
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116149
-- class: org.elasticsearch.search.basic.SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT
-  method: testSearchWithRandomDisconnects
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116175
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.deprecation.DeprecationHttpIT
   method: testDeprecatedSettingsReturnWarnings
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/108628
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
index d2c7e10f8aa62..9ca5cc3db337a 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/basic/SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.search.basic;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.bulk.BulkRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchRequestBuilder;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 
+@LuceneTestCase.SuppressFileSystems(value = "HandleLimitFS") // we sometimes have >2048 open files
 public class SearchWithRandomDisconnectsIT extends AbstractDisruptionTestCase {
 
     public void testSearchWithRandomDisconnects() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {