diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_table.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_table.ts
index 7fc120f9ea474..d3c0fe834958d 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_table.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_table.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       expect(await footer.getVisibleText()).to.have.string(rowsHardLimit);
     });
 
-    describe('expand a document row', function () {
+    // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/81632
+    describe.skip('expand a document row', function () {
       const rowToInspect = 1;
       beforeEach(async function () {
         // close the toggle if open