diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/infra/logs/ml_job_id_formats/tests.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/infra/logs/ml_job_id_formats/tests.ts
index 9c9c379806d60..06ea712c7ccc0 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/infra/logs/ml_job_id_formats/tests.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/infra/logs/ml_job_id_formats/tests.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export default ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const requestTracker = createRequestTracker(browser, pageObjects.common);
   let mlJobHelper: MlJobHelper;
 
-  describe('ML job ID formats', function () {
+  // Disabled until https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/171913 is addressed
+  describe.skip('ML job ID formats', function () {
     this.beforeAll(async () => {
       // Access to ml.api has to happen inside a test or test hook
       mlJobHelper = createMlJobHelper(ml.api);