diff --git a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/read_batch_size.test.ts b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/read_batch_size.test.ts
index df809d8c4c173..64e4936ff0136 100644
--- a/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/read_batch_size.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/integration_tests/saved_objects/migrations/group3/read_batch_size.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import { delay } from '../test_utils';
 
 const logFilePath = join(__dirname, 'read_batch_size.log');
 
-describe('migration v2 - read batch size', () => {
+// FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/163254
+describe.skip('migration v2 - read batch size', () => {
   let esServer: TestElasticsearchUtils;
   let root: Root;
   let logs: string;