diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
index b332951b1a444..2eaf015f23220 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/cypress/e2e/roles/alert_test.cy.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { waitForAlertsToPopulate } from '@kbn/test-suites-xpack/security_solution_cypress/cypress/tasks/create_new_rule';
 import { disableNewFeaturesTours } from '../../tasks/navigation';
 import { initializeDataViews } from '../../tasks/login';
 import { checkResults, clickRuleName, submitQuery } from '../../tasks/live_query';
@@ -31,9 +32,8 @@ describe('Alert Test', { tags: ['@ess'] }, () => {
         onBeforeLoad: (win) => disableNewFeaturesTours(win),
       });
       clickRuleName(ruleName);
-      cy.getBySel('expand-event').first().click({ force: true });
-
-      cy.wait(500);
+      waitForAlertsToPopulate();
+      cy.getBySel('expand-event').first().click();
       cy.getBySel('securitySolutionFlyoutInvestigationGuideButton').click();
       cy.contains('Get processes').click();
     });