diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
index f048c8e2f..f79ebf340 100644
--- a/cypress.json
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "MANAGED_SERVICE_ENDPOINT": false,
     "VISBUILDER_ENABLED": true,
     "DATASOURCE_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED": false,
-    "ML_COMMONS_DASHBOARDS_ENABLED": true
+    "ML_COMMONS_DASHBOARDS_ENABLED": true,
+    "WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS": 0
   }
 }
diff --git a/cypress/utils/dashboards/commands.js b/cypress/utils/dashboards/commands.js
index 1d2188c4f..dd1f5d024 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/dashboards/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/utils/dashboards/commands.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('waitForLoader', () => {
     displayName: 'wait',
     message: 'page load',
   });
-
+  cy.wait(Cypress.env('WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS'));
   cy.getElementByTestId('homeIcon', opts); // Update to `homeLoader` once useExpandedHeader is enabled
 });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd3626e53..5608b16c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "cypress:open": "cypress open",
     "cypress:run-without-security": "env TZ=America/Los_Angeles NO_COLOR=1 cypress run --headless --env SECURITY_ENABLED=false",
-    "cypress:run-with-security": "env TZ=America/Los_Angeles NO_COLOR=1 cypress run --headless --env SECURITY_ENABLED=true,openSearchUrl=https://localhost:9200",
-    "cypress:run-with-security-and-aggregation-view": "env TZ=America/Los_Angeles NO_COLOR=1 cypress run --headless --env SECURITY_ENABLED=true,openSearchUrl=https://localhost:9200,AGGREGATION_VIEW=true",
+    "cypress:run-with-security": "env TZ=America/Los_Angeles NO_COLOR=1 cypress run --headless --env SECURITY_ENABLED=true,openSearchUrl=https://localhost:9200,WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS=500",
+    "cypress:run-with-security-and-aggregation-view": "env TZ=America/Los_Angeles NO_COLOR=1 cypress run --headless --env SECURITY_ENABLED=true,openSearchUrl=https://localhost:9200,AGGREGATION_VIEW=true,WAIT_FOR_LOADER_BUFFER_MS=500",
     "cypress:run-plugin-tests-without-security": "yarn cypress:run-without-security --spec 'cypress/integration/plugins/*/*.js'",
     "cypress:run-plugin-tests-with-security": "yarn cypress:run-with-security --spec 'cypress/integration/plugins/*/*.js'",
     "cypress:release-chrome": "yarn cypress:run-with-security --browser chrome --spec 'cypress/integration/core-opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards/*.js,cypress/integration/plugins/*/*'",