diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/70_bulk.yml b/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/70_bulk.yml
index 47cc80d6df310..ecd56ea7f277e 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/70_bulk.yml
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/70_bulk.yml
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ teardown:
   - skip:
       version: " - 2.15.99"
       reason: "fixed in 2.16.0"
+      features: allowed_warnings
   - do:
+      allowed_warnings:
+        - "index template [test_for_bulk_upsert_index_template] has index patterns [test_bulk_upsert_*] matching patterns from existing older templates [global] with patterns (global => [*]); this template [test_for_bulk_upsert_index_template] will take precedence during new index creation"
       indices.put_index_template:
         name: test_for_bulk_upsert_index_template
         body: