diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/group2_data_grid1/_data_grid_context.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/group2_data_grid1/_data_grid_context.ts
index 0757304199d8a..6a7a3fc80343e 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/group2_data_grid1/_data_grid_context.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/group2_data_grid1/_data_grid_context.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const browser = getService('browser');
   const security = getService('security');
 
-  describe('discover data grid context tests', () => {
+  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/196120
+  describe.skip('discover data grid context tests', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'test_logstash_reader']);
       await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['search', 'index-pattern'] });