diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/components/options/metrics_axes/value_axis_options.tsx b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/components/options/metrics_axes/value_axis_options.tsx
index 243950b762390..4e394a53ed699 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/components/options/metrics_axes/value_axis_options.tsx
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/components/options/metrics_axes/value_axis_options.tsx
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function ValueAxisOptions(props: ValueAxisOptionsParams) {
 
       <SelectOption
         id={`scaleSelectYAxis-${axis.id}`}
+        data-test-subj={`scaleSelectYAxis-${axis.id}`}
         label={i18n.translate('kbnVislibVisTypes.controls.pointSeries.valueAxes.scaleTypeLabel', {
           defaultMessage: 'Scale type',
         })}
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
index 3a704ab0a2026..2f6c917fd7185 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'visualize', 'header', 'timePicker']);
 
   // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/22322
+
   describe('vertical bar chart', function () {
     const fromTime = '2015-09-19 06:31:44.000';
     const toTime = '2015-09-23 18:31:44.000';
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       });
     });
 
-    describe.skip('switch between Y axis scale types', () => {
+    describe('switch between Y axis scale types', () => {
       before(initBarChart);
       const axisId = 'ValueAxis-1';
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
         await PageObjects.visualize.clickMetricsAndAxes();
         await PageObjects.visualize.clickYAxisOptions(axisId);
         await PageObjects.visualize.selectYAxisScaleType(axisId, 'log');
-        await PageObjects.visualize.clickYAxisAdvancedOptions(axisId);
+        await PageObjects.visualize.clickYAxisOptions(axisId);
         await PageObjects.visualize.changeYAxisFilterLabelsCheckbox(axisId, false);
         await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
         const labels = await PageObjects.visualize.getYAxisLabels();
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
index c1d9446febf9f..29ba692630f8f 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
@@ -675,9 +675,7 @@ export function VisualizePageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects, updateBaseli
     }
 
     async selectYAxisScaleType(axisId, scaleType) {
-      const selectElement = await testSubjects.find(`scaleSelectYAxis-${axisId}`);
-      const selector = await selectElement.findByCssSelector(`option[value="${scaleType}"]`);
-      await selector.click();
+      await find.selectValue(`select#scaleSelectYAxis-${axisId}`, scaleType);
     }
 
     async selectYAxisMode(mode) {