diff --git a/src/mongo/db/timeseries/timeseries_write_util.cpp b/src/mongo/db/timeseries/timeseries_write_util.cpp
index 6563ca3bd37..9c06c1cbf51 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/timeseries/timeseries_write_util.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/timeseries/timeseries_write_util.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ namespace {
 
 MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(timeseriesDataIntegrityCheckFailureUpdate);
 MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(runPostCommitDebugChecks);
+MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(hangOnBucketAggregation);
+
 
 // Return a verifierFunction that is used to perform a data integrity check on inserts into
 // a compressed column.
@@ -629,6 +631,9 @@ BSONObj getSuitableBucketForReopening(OperationContext* opCtx,
                     reopeningContext.queriedBucket = true;
                     DBDirectClient client{opCtx};
 
+                    if (MONGO_unlikely(hangOnBucketAggregation.shouldFail())) {
+                        hangOnBucketAggregation.pauseWhileSet(opCtx);
+                    }
                     // Run an aggregation to find a suitable bucket to reopen.
                     AggregateCommandRequest aggRequest(bucketsColl->ns(), pipeline);
                     aggRequest.setHint(index);