diff --git a/examples/search_examples/server/fibonacci_strategy.ts b/examples/search_examples/server/fibonacci_strategy.ts
index 8317834dcbb3d..8a33872cdb7e7 100644
--- a/examples/search_examples/server/fibonacci_strategy.ts
+++ b/examples/search_examples/server/fibonacci_strategy.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 import { ISearchStrategy } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { FibonacciRequest, FibonacciResponse } from '../common/types';
 
 export const fibonacciStrategyProvider = (): ISearchStrategy<
@@ -40,10 +41,7 @@ export const fibonacciStrategyProvider = (): ISearchStrategy<
       const took = Date.now() - started;
       const values = sequence.slice(0, loaded);
 
-      // Usually we'd do something like "of()" but for some reason it breaks in tests with the error
-      // "You provided an invalid object where a stream was expected." which is why we have to cast
-      // down below as well
-      return [{ id, loaded, total, isRunning, isPartial, rawResponse: { took, values } }];
+      return of({ id, loaded, total, isRunning, isPartial, rawResponse: { took, values } });
     },
     cancel: async (id: string) => {
       responseMap.delete(id);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/examples/search_examples/partial_results_example.ts b/x-pack/test/examples/search_examples/partial_results_example.ts
index f7d199463e256..269b2e79ab38f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/examples/search_examples/partial_results_example.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/examples/search_examples/partial_results_example.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common']);
   const retry = getService('retry');
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/116038
-  describe.skip('Partial results example', () => {
+  describe('Partial results example', () => {
     before(async () => {
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('searchExamples');
       await testSubjects.click('/search');