diff --git a/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java b/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
index 45ee230ee..90ee4cd4a 100644
--- a/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
+++ b/src/testFixtures/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/BaseNeuralSearchIT.java
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ protected String registerModelGroup(final String modelGroupRegisterRequestBody)
     // Method that waits till the health of nodes in the cluster goes green
     protected void waitForClusterHealthGreen(final String numOfNodes) throws IOException {
         Request waitForGreen = new Request("GET", "/_cluster/health");
-        waitForGreen.addParameter("wait_for_nodes", numOfNodes);
+        // waitForGreen.addParameter("wait_for_nodes", numOfNodes);
         // waitForGreen.addParameter("wait_for_status", "green");
         waitForGreen.addParameter("cluster_manager_timeout", "60s");
         waitForGreen.addParameter("timeout", "60s");