diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
index 9922789a..6f444634 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/replication/integ/rest/StartReplicationIT.kt
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@ class StartReplicationIT: MultiClusterRestTestCase() {
     }
 
     fun `test that wait_for_active_shards setting is updated on follower through start replication api`() {
+
+        //Ignore this test if clusters dont have multiple nodes
+        if(!isMultiNodeClusterConfiguration){
+            return
+        }
+
         val followerClient = getClientForCluster(FOLLOWER)
         val leaderClient = getClientForCluster(LEADER)