diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/tasks/network/flows.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/tasks/network/flows.ts
index b9febb6a39381..ed9380a53a7bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/tasks/network/flows.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/tasks/network/flows.ts
@@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ export const openHoverActions = () => {
 };
 
 export const mouseoverOnToOverflowItem = () => {
+  cy.get(OVERFLOW_ITEM).should('be.visible');
   cy.get(OVERFLOW_ITEM).first().realHover();
 };
 
 export const clickOnFilterIn = () => {
-  cy.get(FILTER_IN).first().click();
+  cy.get(FILTER_IN).should('be.visible');
+  cy.get(FILTER_IN).first().realClick();
 };
 
 export const clickOnFilterOut = () => {
-  cy.get(FILTER_OUT).first().click();
+  cy.get(FILTER_IN).should('be.visible');
+  cy.get(FILTER_OUT).first().realClick();
 };
 
 export const clickOnAddToTimeline = () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/package.json b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/package.json
index 741205b8f7771..e1d4e38a114f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "cypress:ess": "TZ=UTC node ../../plugins/security_solution/scripts/start_cypress_parallel run --config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/cypress_ci.config.ts --ftr-config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cli_config --reporter ../../../node_modules/cypress-multi-reporters --reporter-options configFile=./cypress/reporter_config.json",
       "cypress:run:respops:ess": "yarn cypress:ess --config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/cypress_ci.config.ts --browser chrome --spec './cypress/e2e/(detection_alerts|detection_rules|exceptions)/*.cy.ts' --ftr-config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cli_config; status=$?; yarn junit:merge && exit $status",
       "cypress:investigations:run:ess": "yarn cypress:ess --config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/cypress_ci.config.ts --browser chrome --spec './cypress/e2e/investigations/**/*.cy.ts' --ftr-config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cli_config; status=$?; yarn junit:merge && exit $status",
-      "cypress:explore:run:ess": "yarn cypress:ess --config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/cypress_ci.config.ts --browser chrome --spec './cypress/e2e/explore/**/*.cy.ts' --ftr-config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cli_config; status=$?; yarn junit:merge && exit $status",
+      "cypress:explore:run:ess": "yarn cypress:ess --config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cypress/cypress_ci.config.ts --browser chrome --spec './cypress/e2e/explore/network/hover_actions.cy.ts' --ftr-config-file ../../test/security_solution_cypress/cli_config; status=$?; yarn junit:merge && exit $status",
       "cypress:changed-specs-only:ess": "yarn cypress:ess --changed-specs-only --env burn=2",
       "junit:merge": "../../../node_modules/.bin/mochawesome-merge ../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results/mochawesome*.json > ../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results/output.json && ../../../node_modules/.bin/marge ../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results/output.json --reportDir ../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results && yarn junit:transform && mkdir -p ../../../target/junit && cp ../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results/*.xml ../../../target/junit/",
       "junit:transform": "node ../../plugins/security_solution/scripts/junit_transformer --pathPattern '../../../target/kibana-security-solution/cypress/results/*.xml' --rootDirectory ../../../ --reportName 'Security Solution Cypress' --writeInPlace",