diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.vectors/41_knn_search_byte_quantized.yml b/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.vectors/41_knn_search_byte_quantized.yml
index 3ac2b67303bdd..b297770eb9104 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.vectors/41_knn_search_byte_quantized.yml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search.vectors/41_knn_search_byte_quantized.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ setup:
       indices.forcemerge:
         index: hnsw_byte_quantized
         max_num_segments: 1
+
+  - do:
+      indices.refresh: { }
 ---
 "kNN search only":
   - do: