diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/agents/uploads.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/agents/uploads.ts
index 174d511674ef6..58d9a0311fecc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/agents/uploads.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/agents/uploads.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
   };
 
-  describe('fleet_uploads', () => {
+  // FAILING ES PROMOTION: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/162730
+  describe.skip('fleet_uploads', () => {
     skipIfNoDockerRegistry(providerContext);
     setupFleetAndAgents(providerContext);