diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_search_connectors_page.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_search_connectors_page.ts
index f610251bf0719..a3010b44d9820 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_search_connectors_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/page_objects/svl_search_connectors_page.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ export function SvlSearchConnectorsPageProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderConte
         await testSubjects.existOrFail('serverlessSearchCancelNameButton');
         await testSubjects.setValue('serverlessSearchEditNameFieldText', name);
         await testSubjects.click('serverlessSearchSaveNameButton');
+        await retry.waitForWithTimeout('edit name form to disappear', 2000, () =>
+          testSubjects
+            .missingOrFail('serverlessSearchSaveNameButton')
+            .then(() => true)
+            .catch(() => false)
+        );
         await testSubjects.exists('serverlessSearchConnectorName');
         expect(await testSubjects.getVisibleText('serverlessSearchConnectorName')).to.be(name);
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/connectors/connectors_overview.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/connectors/connectors_overview.ts
index c185b3c3a0c98..a3b81edb3ca65 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/connectors/connectors_overview.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/connectors/connectors_overview.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const browser = getService('browser');
   describe('connectors', function () {
-    // failsOnMKI, see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/173929
-    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     before(async () => {
       await pageObjects.svlCommonPage.login();
       await pageObjects.svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         pageObjects.svlSearchConnectorsPage.connectorOverviewPage.expectSearchBarToExist();
       });
 
-      it('searchBar and select filter connector table', async () => {
+      it('searchBar and select, filters connector table', async () => {
         pageObjects.svlSearchConnectorsPage.connectorOverviewPage.getConnectorFromConnectorTable(
           TEST_CONNECTOR_NAME
         );