diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/cases/configure.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/cases/configure.ts
index 0f39363e4bb7d..f63ce94ead3fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/cases/configure.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/cases/configure.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export default ({ getPageObject, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const find = getService('find');
 
   describe('Configure Case', function () {
+    // security_exception: action [indices:data/write/delete/byquery] is unauthorized for user [elastic] with effective roles [superuser] on restricted indices [.kibana_alerting_cases], this action is granted by the index privileges [delete,write,all]
+    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     before(async () => {
       await svlCommonPage.login();
       await svlObltNavigation.navigateToLandingPage();