diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/serverless_resources/project_roles/oblt/roles.yml b/packages/kbn-es/src/serverless_resources/project_roles/oblt/roles.yml
index e0091f5b7d055..841a4928f6cfe 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/serverless_resources/project_roles/oblt/roles.yml
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/serverless_resources/project_roles/oblt/roles.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ viewer:
         - 'read'
         - 'view_index_metadata'
       allow_restricted_indices: false
+    - names:
+        - '.slo-observability.*'
+      privileges:
+        - 'read'
+        - 'view_index_metadata'
   applications:
     - application: 'kibana-.kibana'
       privileges:
@@ -69,6 +74,13 @@ editor:
         - 'write'
         - 'maintenance'
       allow_restricted_indices: false
+    - names:
+        - '.slo-observability.*'
+      privileges:
+        - 'write'
+        - 'read'
+        - 'view_index_metadata'
+        - 'manage'
   applications:
     - application: 'kibana-.kibana'
       privileges:
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/default_configs/serverless.config.base.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/default_configs/serverless.config.base.ts
index 73506a5d5b684..1c49433d742af 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/default_configs/serverless.config.base.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/default_configs/serverless.config.base.ts
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ const esServerArgsFromController = {
     // for ML, data frame analytics are not part of this project type
     'xpack.ml.dfa.enabled=false',
   ],
-  security: [
-    'xpack.security.authc.api_key.cache.max_keys=70000',
-    'data_streams.lifecycle.retention.factory_default=365d',
-    'data_streams.lifecycle.retention.factory_max=365d',
-  ],
+  security: ['xpack.security.authc.api_key.cache.max_keys=70000'],
 };
 
 // include settings from kibana controller