diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/distributed_lock_manager/distributed_lock_manager.spec.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/distributed_lock_manager/distributed_lock_manager.spec.ts
index 6c84b86d33b33..d0054856f633a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/distributed_lock_manager/distributed_lock_manager.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/distributed_lock_manager/distributed_lock_manager.spec.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
   const logger = getLoggerMock(log);
 
   describe('LockManager', function () {
+    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     before(async () => {
       await clearAllLocks(es);
       await ensureTemplatesAndIndexCreated(es);