diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index c778b0055d1de..109be7609f5f0 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -502,9 +502,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.backwards.MixedClusterClientYamlTestSuiteIT
   method: test {p0=mtermvectors/10_basic/Tests catching other exceptions per item}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/122414
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.slm.SLMFileSettingsIT
-  method: testSettingsApplied
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/130853
 - class: org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateSerializationTests
   method: testSerializationPreMultiProject
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/130872
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/SLMFileSettingsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/SLMFileSettingsIT.java
index 54a390f55cc35..1bc0d56ad3626 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/SLMFileSettingsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/SLMFileSettingsIT.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ private void assertClusterStateSaveOK(CountDownLatch savedClusterState, AtomicLo
         boolean awaitSuccessful = savedClusterState.await(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         assertTrue(awaitSuccessful);
 
+        awaitMasterNode();
         final ClusterStateResponse clusterStateResponse = clusterAdmin().state(
             new ClusterStateRequest(TEST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT).waitForMetadataVersion(metadataVersion.get())
         ).get();
@@ -229,8 +230,7 @@ public void testSettingsApplied() throws Exception {
         writeJSONFile(dataNode, testJSON);
 
         logger.info("--> start master node");
-        final String masterNode = internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();
-        awaitMasterNode(internalCluster().getNonMasterNodeName(), masterNode);
+        internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();
 
         assertClusterStateSaveOK(savedClusterState.v1(), savedClusterState.v2());