diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/navigation.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/navigation.ts
index f72bc70b1ee1d..88f327d6f1ac2 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/navigation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/search/navigation.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export default function ({ getPageObject, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const header = getPageObject('header');
 
   describe('navigation', function () {
+    // see details: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/196823
+    this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
     before(async () => {
       await svlCommonPage.loginWithRole('developer');
       await svlSearchNavigation.navigateToLandingPage();