diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/data_frame_analytics/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/data_frame_analytics/index.ts
index 0202c8431ce34..a2ac236a5ea27 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/data_frame_analytics/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/data_frame_analytics/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  describe('data frame analytics', function () {
+  // flaky tests
+  describe.skip('data frame analytics', function () {
     this.tags(['mlqa', 'skipFirefox']);
 
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./outlier_detection_creation'));