diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index d558bd553ef0c..2cd836fae438d 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -274,9 +274,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.multi_node.EsqlSpecIT
   method: test {categorize.Categorize SYNC}
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/113054
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.searchablesnapshots.SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests
-  method: testSearchableSnapshotShardsAreSkippedBySearchRequestWithoutQueryingAnyNodeWhenTheyAreOutsideOfTheQueryRange
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/116523
 - class: org.elasticsearch.ingest.geoip.EnterpriseGeoIpDownloaderIT
   method: testEnterpriseDownloaderTask
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/115163
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
index 194a9379b4b63..8877f31ce9e39 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/SearchableSnapshotsCanMatchOnCoordinatorIntegTests.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public void testSearchableSnapshotShardsAreSkippedBySearchRequestWithoutQuerying
                     }
                     if (searchShardsResponse != null) {
                         for (SearchShardsGroup group : searchShardsResponse.getGroups()) {
-                            assertFalse("no shard should be marked as skipped", group.skipped());
+                            assertTrue("the shard is skipped because index value is outside the query time range", group.skipped());
                         }
                     }
                 }