diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 28930ca34dd2f..4c2dc63ada195 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -374,9 +374,6 @@ tests:
   - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.CrossClusterQueryWithPartialResultsIT
     method: testOneRemoteClusterPartial
     issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/124055
-  - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT
-    method: testStopQueryLocal
-    issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121672
   - class: org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.InternalDistributionBwcSetupPluginFuncTest
     method: "builds distribution from branches via archives extractedAssemble [bwcDistVersion: 8.3.0, bwcProject: staged, expectedAssembleTaskName:
     extractedAssemble, #1]"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
index 37e6b0bb48404..9667b559ea6b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/action/CrossClusterAsyncQueryStopIT.java
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.LogManager;
 import org.elasticsearch.logging.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.tasks.TaskInfo;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.async.AsyncStopRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.EsqlPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.QueryPragmas;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -132,13 +135,21 @@ public void testStopQueryLocal() throws Exception {
 
         Tuple<Boolean, Boolean> includeCCSMetadata = randomIncludeCCSMetadata();
         boolean responseExpectMeta = includeCCSMetadata.v2();
-
-        final String asyncExecutionId = startAsyncQuery(
+        // By default, ES|QL uses all workers in the esql_worker threadpool to execute drivers on data nodes.
+        // If a node is both data and coordinator, and all drivers are blocked by the allowEmitting latch,
+        // there are no workers left to execute the final driver or fetch pages from remote clusters.
+        // This can prevent remote clusters from being marked as successful on the coordinator, even if they
+        // have completed. To avoid this, we reserve at least one worker for the final driver and page fetching.
+        // A single worker is enough, as these two tasks can be paused and yielded.
+        var threadpool = cluster(LOCAL_CLUSTER).getInstance(TransportService.class).getThreadPool();
+        int maxEsqlWorkers = threadpool.info(EsqlPlugin.ESQL_WORKER_THREAD_POOL_NAME).getMax();
+        LOGGER.info("--> Launching async query");
+        final String asyncExecutionId = startAsyncQueryWithPragmas(
             client(),
             "FROM blocking,*:logs-* | STATS total=sum(coalesce(const,v)) | LIMIT 1",
-            includeCCSMetadata.v1()
+            includeCCSMetadata.v1(),
+            Map.of(QueryPragmas.TASK_CONCURRENCY.getKey(), between(1, maxEsqlWorkers - 1))
         );
-
         try {
             // wait until we know that the local query against 'blocking' has started
             assertTrue(SimplePauseFieldPlugin.startEmitting.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryPragmas.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryPragmas.java
index 6e7bae2dc5eff..7d23cd3d69385 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryPragmas.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/QueryPragmas.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class QueryPragmas implements Writeable {
     public static final Setting<Integer> EXCHANGE_CONCURRENT_CLIENTS = Setting.intSetting("exchange_concurrent_clients", 2);
     public static final Setting<Integer> ENRICH_MAX_WORKERS = Setting.intSetting("enrich_max_workers", 1);
 
-    private static final Setting<Integer> TASK_CONCURRENCY = Setting.intSetting(
+    public static final Setting<Integer> TASK_CONCURRENCY = Setting.intSetting(
         "task_concurrency",
         ThreadPool.searchOrGetThreadPoolSize(EsExecutors.allocatedProcessors(Settings.EMPTY))
     );