diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/inference_management.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/inference_management.ts
index c22694d0b648..fce97e3bbf47 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/inference_management.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/inference_management.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const ml = getService('ml');
 
   describe('Serverless Inference Management UI', function () {
+    // see details: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/204539
+    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     const endpoint = 'endpoint-1';
     const taskType = 'sparse_embedding';
     const modelConfig = {