diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/graph/graph.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/graph/graph.ts
index d9e8b22c45d509..803e5e8f80d707 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/graph/graph.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const browser = getService('browser');
 
-  describe('graph', function () {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/53749
+  describe.skip('graph', function () {
     before(async () => {
       await browser.setWindowSize(1600, 1000);
       log.debug('load graph/secrepo data');