diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_details.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_details.ts
index 477e45d0e59f9..712ed11a28f93 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_details.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_details.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const degradedDatasetName = datasetNames[2];
   const degradedDataStreamName = `logs-${degradedDatasetName}-${defaultNamespace}`;
 
-  describe('Flyout', function () {
+  describe('Dataset quality details', function () {
     before(async () => {
       // Install Apache Integration and ingest logs for it
       await PageObjects.observabilityLogsExplorer.installPackage(apachePkg);
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         expect(parseInt(degradedDocs, 10)).to.be(1);
         expect(parseInt(services, 10)).to.be(3);
         expect(parseInt(hosts, 10)).to.be(52);
-        expect(parseInt(size, 10)).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+        // metering stats API is cached for 30seconds, waiting for the exact value is not optimal in this case
+        // rather we can just check if any value is present
+        expect(size).to.be.ok();
       });
     });