diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql-datasource-ndjson/qa/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/esql-datasource-ndjson/qa/build.gradle
index 8fef6a0094c95..167483be29308 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql-datasource-ndjson/qa/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql-datasource-ndjson/qa/build.gradle
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.named('javaRestTest') {
   usesDefaultDistribution("to be triaged")
   maxParallelForks = 1
+  enabled = buildParams.snapshotBuild
 
   // Increase timeouts for S3 operations which may take longer than standard queries
   systemProperty 'tests.rest.client_timeout', '60'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/datasources/spi/StoragePathTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/datasources/spi/StoragePathTests.java
index 99436d7291fa1..168e181401b7c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/datasources/spi/StoragePathTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/datasources/spi/StoragePathTests.java
@@ -120,11 +120,15 @@ public void testFileUriWindowsTripleSlash() {
         assertEquals("/C:/path/to/file.parquet", path.path());
     }
 
-    public void testFileUriFunctionOnUnix() {
+    public void testFileUriFunction() {
         java.nio.file.Path p = PathUtils.get("/tmp/test/data.parquet");
         String uri = StoragePath.fileUri(p);
-        assertEquals("file:///tmp/test/data.parquet", uri);
+        String absPath = p.toAbsolutePath().toString().replace('\\', '/');
+        if (absPath.startsWith("/") == false) {
+            absPath = "/" + absPath;
+        }
+        assertEquals("file://" + absPath, uri);
         StoragePath sp = StoragePath.of(uri);
-        assertEquals("/tmp/test/data.parquet", sp.path());
+        assertEquals(absPath, sp.path());
     }
 }