diff --git a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/queries/fetch_significant_term_p_values.ts b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/queries/fetch_significant_term_p_values.ts
index 9cd7bd3a3acb8..98dbd11398174 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/queries/fetch_significant_term_p_values.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/ml/aiops_log_rate_analysis/queries/fetch_significant_term_p_values.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,18 @@ export const getSignificantTermRequest = (
     ];
   }
 
-  const pValueAgg: Record<'change_point_p_value', estypes.AggregationsAggregationContainer> = {
-    change_point_p_value: {
+  const pValueAgg: Record<
+    'sig_term_p_value' | 'distinct_count',
+    estypes.AggregationsAggregationContainer
+  > = {
+    // Used to identify fields with only one distinct value which we'll ignore in the analysis.
+    distinct_count: {
+      cardinality: {
+        field: fieldName,
+      },
+    },
+    // Used to calculate the p-value for terms of the field.
+    sig_term_p_value: {
       significant_terms: {
         field: fieldName,
         background_filter: {
@@ -158,13 +168,26 @@ export const fetchSignificantTermPValues = async (
     }
 
     const overallResult = (
-      randomSamplerWrapper.unwrap(resp.aggregations) as Record<'change_point_p_value', Aggs>
-    ).change_point_p_value;
+      randomSamplerWrapper.unwrap(resp.aggregations) as Record<'sig_term_p_value', Aggs>
+    ).sig_term_p_value;
+
+    const distinctCount = (
+      randomSamplerWrapper.unwrap(resp.aggregations) as Record<
+        'distinct_count',
+        estypes.AggregationsCardinalityAggregate
+      >
+    ).distinct_count.value;
 
     for (const bucket of overallResult.buckets) {
       const pValue = Math.exp(-bucket.score);
 
-      if (typeof pValue === 'number' && pValue < LOG_RATE_ANALYSIS_SETTINGS.P_VALUE_THRESHOLD) {
+      if (
+        typeof pValue === 'number' &&
+        // Skip items where the p-value is not significant.
+        pValue < LOG_RATE_ANALYSIS_SETTINGS.P_VALUE_THRESHOLD &&
+        // Skip items where the field has only one distinct value.
+        distinctCount > 1
+      ) {
         result.push({
           key: `${fieldName}:${String(bucket.key)}`,
           type: SIGNIFICANT_ITEM_TYPE.KEYWORD,