diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/data_streams.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
index 46c7d299be4e1..a76df2127a1fb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/data_streams.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     expect(typeof storageSizeBytes).to.be('number');
   };
 
-  describe('Data streams', function () {
+  // FAILING ES PROMOTION: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/168021
+  describe.skip('Data streams', function () {
     describe('Get', () => {
       const testDataStreamName = 'test-data-stream';