diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
index 718c2f32fd5818..67560adf97ec66 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { checkResults, clickRuleName, submitQuery } from '../../tasks/live_query
 import { loadRule, cleanupRule } from '../../tasks/api_fixtures';
 import { ServerlessRoleName } from '../../support/roles';
 
-describe('Alert Test', { tags: ['@ess'] }, () => {
+// FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/180853
+describe.skip('Alert Test', { tags: ['@ess'] }, () => {
   let ruleName: string;
   let ruleId: string;