diff --git a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/dashboard_snapshots.js b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/dashboard_snapshots.js
index 20bc30c889d6..787e839aa08a 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/dashboard/dashboard_snapshots.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/dashboard/dashboard_snapshots.js
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects, updateBaselines }) {
   const dashboardPanelActions = getService('dashboardPanelActions');
   const dashboardAddPanel = getService('dashboardAddPanel');
 
-  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/52854
-  describe.skip('dashboard snapshots', function describeIndexTests() {
+  describe('dashboard snapshots', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async function () {
       await esArchiver.load('dashboard/current/kibana');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
index 8c5a99204bab..d6a96eb651d0 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,11 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCo
     async closeToastIfExists() {
       const toastShown = await find.existsByCssSelector('.euiToast');
       if (toastShown) {
-        await find.clickByCssSelector('.euiToast__closeButton');
+        try {
+          await find.clickByCssSelector('.euiToast__closeButton');
+        } catch (err) {
+          // ignore errors, toast clear themselves after timeout
+        }
       }
     }