diff --git a/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/pages/cases/case_details.ts b/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/pages/cases/case_details.ts
index 96e989a9173e7..2fe088f795154 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/pages/cases/case_details.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/pages/cases/case_details.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const observability = getService('observability');
   const find = getService('find');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'header']);
+  const retry = getService('retry');
 
   describe('Observability cases', () => {
     before(async () => {
@@ -38,25 +39,29 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         );
 
         const owner = 'observability';
-        const caseData = await cases.api.createCase({
-          title: 'Sample case',
-          owner,
-        });
-        await cases.api.createAttachment({
-          caseId: caseData.id,
-          params: {
-            alertId: ['alert-id'],
-            index: ['.internal.alerts-observability.alerts-default-000001'],
-            rule: { id: 'rule-id', name: 'My rule name' },
-            type: CommentType.alert,
+        await retry.try(async () => {
+          const caseData = await cases.api.createCase({
+            title: 'Sample case',
             owner,
-          },
+          });
+          await cases.api.createAttachment({
+            caseId: caseData.id,
+            params: {
+              alertId: ['alert-id'],
+              index: ['.internal.alerts-observability.alerts-default-000001'],
+              rule: { id: 'rule-id', name: 'My rule name' },
+              type: CommentType.alert,
+              owner,
+            },
+          });
         });
       });
 
       after(async () => {
-        await cases.api.deleteAllCases();
-        await observability.users.restoreDefaultTestUserRole();
+        await retry.try(async () => {
+          await cases.api.deleteAllCases();
+          await observability.users.restoreDefaultTestUserRole();
+        });
       });
 
       it('should link to observability rule pages in case details', async () => {