diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/management/index_management/data_streams.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
index 4223decc869c6..93c5c423d3326 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const TEST_DS_NAME = 'test-ds-1';
 
   describe('Data Streams', function () {
+    // failsOnMKI, see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/181242
+    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     before(async () => {
       log.debug('Creating required data stream');
       try {