diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 7bea062caa20d..a90683cf30053 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -516,12 +516,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.ccq.MultiClusterSpecIT
   method: test {csv-spec:spatial.ConvertFromStringParseError}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/134104
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.writeloadforecaster.WriteLoadForecasterIT
-  method: testWriteLoadForecastIsOverriddenBySetting
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/133455
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.writeloadforecaster.WriteLoadForecasterIT
-  method: testWriteLoadForecastDoesNotGetPopulatedWithInvalidLicense
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/134124
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.ccq.MultiClusterSpecIT
   method: test {csv-spec:fork.ForkWithMixOfCommands}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/134135
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/write-load-forecaster/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/write-load-forecaster/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java
index 26bf25bf8c82b..965eaf2e064ae 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/write-load-forecaster/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/write-load-forecaster/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/writeloadforecaster/WriteLoadForecasterIT.java
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ private void setUpDataStreamWriteDocsAndRollover(String dataStreamName) throws E
     private void setUpDataStreamWriteDocsAndRollover(String dataStreamName, Settings extraIndexTemplateSettings) throws Exception {
         final int numberOfShards = randomIntBetween(1, 5);
         final int numberOfReplicas = randomIntBetween(0, 1);
+        internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(numberOfReplicas + 1);
+
         final Settings indexSettings = Settings.builder()
             .put(extraIndexTemplateSettings)
             .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, numberOfShards)