diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/ui_counters/ui_counters.js b/test/api_integration/apis/ui_counters/ui_counters.js
index 87728b6ac2f8..25352f134b1e 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/ui_counters/ui_counters.js
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/ui_counters/ui_counters.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
     count,
   });
 
-  describe('UI Counters API', () => {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/85086
+  describe.skip('UI Counters API', () => {
     const dayDate = moment().format('DDMMYYYY');
 
     it('stores ui counter events in savedObjects', async () => {