diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_execution_context/tests/browser.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_execution_context/tests/browser.ts
index f6e46a6bc2280..8fa1103fbe852 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_execution_context/tests/browser.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_execution_context/tests/browser.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
 import { assertLogContains, isExecutionContextLog } from '../test_utils';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'dashboard', 'header', 'home']);
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'dashboard', 'header', 'home', 'timePicker']);
   const retry = getService('retry');
 
   // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/112102
@@ -33,15 +33,18 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     describe('discover app', () => {
       before(async () => {
         await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
+        await PageObjects.timePicker.setCommonlyUsedTime('Last_7 days');
         await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       });
 
-      it('propagates context for Discover', async () => {
-        await assertLogContains({
-          description: 'execution context propagates to Elasticsearch via "x-opaque-id" header',
-          predicate: (record) =>
-            Boolean(record.http?.request?.id?.includes('kibana:application:discover')),
-          retry,
+      describe('propagates context for Discover', () => {
+        it('propagates to Elasticsearch via "x-opaque-id" header', async () => {
+          await assertLogContains({
+            description: 'execution context propagates to Elasticsearch via "x-opaque-id" header',
+            predicate: (record) =>
+              Boolean(record.http?.request?.id?.includes('kibana:application:discover')),
+            retry,
+          });
         });
 
         await assertLogContains({
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       before(async () => {
         await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('dashboard');
         await PageObjects.dashboard.loadSavedDashboard('[Flights] Global Flight Dashboard');
+        await PageObjects.timePicker.setCommonlyUsedTime('Last_7 days');
         await PageObjects.dashboard.waitForRenderComplete();
         await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       });