diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
similarity index 59%
rename from .buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
rename to .buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
index d2b325168482a..efa950e1507d5 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# If cached snapshots are baked into the agent, copy them into our workspace first
+# If cached snapshots are baked into the agent, move them into our workspace first
 # We are doing this rather than simply changing the ES base path because many workers
 #   run with the workspace mounted in memory or on a local ssd
 cacheDir="$ES_CACHE_DIR/cache"
 if [[ -d "$cacheDir" ]]; then
   mkdir -p .es/cache
-  echo "--- Copying ES snapshot cache"
-  echo "Copying cached snapshots from $cacheDir to .es/cache"
-  cp -R "$cacheDir"/* .es/cache/
+  echo "--- Move ES snapshot cache"
+  echo "Moving cached snapshots from $cacheDir to .es/cache"
+  mv "$cacheDir"/* .es/cache/
 fi
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
index ce7dec4f36e8d..bfc2e69b3a5b8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 export DISABLE_BOOTSTRAP_VALIDATION=false
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 if [[ "${FTR_ENABLE_FIPS_AGENT:-}" == "true" ]]; then
   .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/verify_fips_enabled.sh
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/capture_oas_snapshot.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/capture_oas_snapshot.sh
index 0428d529a9669..c7c31734480dd 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/capture_oas_snapshot.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/capture_oas_snapshot.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 echo --- Capture OAS snapshot
 cmd="node scripts/capture_oas_snapshot --include-path /api/status --include-path /api/alerting/rule/ --include-path /api/alerting/rules --include-path /api/actions --include-path /api/security/role --include-path /api/spaces --include-path /api/dashboards --include-path /api/maintenance_window"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/common.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/common.sh
index 5a58594404b15..c855cb928c430 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/common.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/common.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 is_test_execution_step
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/exploratory_view_plugin.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/exploratory_view_plugin.sh
index e685f84ed2304..8cbc77184a24a 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/exploratory_view_plugin.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/exploratory_view_plugin.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-observability-plugin
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/observability_onboarding_cypress.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/observability_onboarding_cypress.sh
index e9aefc1ed059f..b724625e13ae6 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/observability_onboarding_cypress.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/observability_onboarding_cypress.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-observability-onboarding-cypress
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics.sh
index 261b1d5bf28bb..1306625740782 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-uptime-playwright
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics_plugin.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics_plugin.sh
index 34be251cbfc26..480432dcaaa9e 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics_plugin.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/synthetics_plugin.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-synthetics-plugin
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/uptime_plugin.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/uptime_plugin.sh
index 50cf33149b854..db259f9a954db 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/uptime_plugin.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/uptime_plugin.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-uptime-plugin
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/ux_synthetics_e2e.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/ux_synthetics_e2e.sh
index 2c165d7274e3a..76f7fc0d48eac 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/ux_synthetics_e2e.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/ux_synthetics_e2e.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 export JOB=kibana-ux-plugin-synthetics
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_integration.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_integration.sh
index 83f9509f362ca..7c9ee94c5c7d4 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_integration.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_integration.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 is_test_execution_step
 
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 echo '--- Jest Integration Tests'
 .buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_parallel.sh jest.integration.config.js
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/scout_test_run_builder.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/scout_test_run_builder.sh
index 56152b548a86e..333eed99f7710 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/scout_test_run_builder.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/scout_test_run_builder.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/bootstrap.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/download_build_artifacts.sh
-.buildkite/scripts/copy_es_snapshot_cache.sh
+.buildkite/scripts/setup_es_snapshot_cache.sh
 
 echo '--- Verify Playwright CLI is functional'
 node scripts/scout run-playwright-test-check