diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index b86b01b1dbca..1aef2f0d85b8 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ tests:
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.inference.qa.mixed.CohereServiceMixedIT
   method: testCohereEmbeddings
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/130010
-- class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.mixed.MixedClusterEsqlSpecIT
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/128224
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.multi_node.GenerativeIT
   method: test
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/130067
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-colors.json b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-colors.json
index 24c4102e428f..0d7373e30026 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-colors.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-colors.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
       "type": "dense_vector",
       "similarity": "l2_norm",
       "index_options": {
-        "type": "hnsw"
+        "type": "hnsw",
+        "m": 16,
+        "ef_construction": 100
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-dense_vector.json b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-dense_vector.json
index 572d9870d09d..9c7d34f0f15e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-dense_vector.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/testFixtures/src/main/resources/mapping-dense_vector.json
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
     },
     "vector": {
       "type": "dense_vector",
-      "similarity": "l2_norm"
+      "similarity": "l2_norm",
+      "index_options": {
+        "type": "hnsw",
+        "m": 16,
+        "ef_construction": 100
+      }
     }
   }
 }