diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/alerts_table/index.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/alerts_table/index.tsx
index 5b442a59f75c2..7338bcded1a41 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/alerts_table/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/security/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/alerts_table/index.tsx
@@ -425,6 +425,25 @@ const DetectionEngineAlertsTableComponent: FC<Omit<DetectionEngineAlertTableProp
     [application, data, fieldFormats, http, licensing, notifications, settings]
   );
 
+  /**
+   * if records are too less, we don't want table to be of fixed height.
+   * it should shrink to the content height.
+   * Height setting enables/disables virtualization depending on fixed/undefined height values respectively.
+   * */
+  const alertTableHeight = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      isEventRenderedView
+        ? `${DEFAULT_DATA_GRID_HEIGHT}px`
+        : /*
+         * We keep fixed height in Event rendered because of the row height issue
+         * as mentioned here
+         */
+        count > 20
+        ? `${DEFAULT_DATA_GRID_HEIGHT}px`
+        : undefined,
+    [count, isEventRenderedView]
+  );
+
   if (isLoading) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -451,10 +470,7 @@ const DetectionEngineAlertsTableComponent: FC<Omit<DetectionEngineAlertTableProp
               browserFields={finalBrowserFields}
               onUpdate={onUpdate}
               additionalContext={additionalContext}
-              // if records are too less, we don't want table to be of fixed height.
-              // it should shrink to the content height.
-              // Height setting enables/disables virtualization depending on fixed/undefined height values respectively.
-              height={count >= 20 ? `${DEFAULT_DATA_GRID_HEIGHT}px` : undefined}
+              height={alertTableHeight}
               initialPageSize={50}
               runtimeMappings={sourcererDataView?.runtimeFieldMap as RunTimeMappings}
               toolbarVisibility={toolbarVisibility}