diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/Settings/anomaly_detection/jobs_list.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/Settings/anomaly_detection/jobs_list.tsx
index 05ea585108c69..6e95df0dddd84 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/Settings/anomaly_detection/jobs_list.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/Settings/anomaly_detection/jobs_list.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function JobsList({ data, status, onAddEnvironments }: Props) {
           defaultMessage="To add anomaly detection to a new environment, create a machine learning job. Existing machine learning jobs can be managed in {mlJobsLink}."
           values={{
             mlJobsLink: (
-              <MLLink path="jobs">
+              <MLLink path="/jobs">
                 {i18n.translate(
                   'xpack.apm.settings.anomalyDetection.jobList.mlDescriptionText.mlJobsLinkText',
                   {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.test.tsx
index da345e35c10b1..4eb886509805d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.test.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ test('MLLink produces the correct URL', async () => {
   );
 
   expect(href).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-    `"/basepath/app/ml#/some/path?_g=(ml:(jobIds:!(something)),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-5h,to:now-2h))"`
+    `"/basepath/app/ml#/some/path?_g=(ml:(jobIds:!(something)),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-5h,to:now-2h))&mlManagement=(groupIds:!(apm))"`
   );
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.tsx
index d8ec212515c6f..93ee9e0db4864 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/Links/MachineLearningLinks/MLLink.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export function MLLink({ children, path = '', query = {}, external }: Props) {
 
   const href = url.format({
     pathname: core.http.basePath.prepend('/app/ml'),
-    hash: `${path}?_g=${rison.encode(risonQuery as RisonValue)}`,
+    hash: `${path}?_g=${rison.encode(
+      risonQuery as RisonValue
+    )}&mlManagement=${rison.encode({ groupIds: ['apm'] })}`,
   });
 
   return (