diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
index 0bc38edf8..f34fb820e 100644
--- a/cypress.json
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -34,5 +34,30 @@
       "clipboard": "allow"
     },
     "UIMETRIC_ENABLED": false
-  }
+  },
+  "clientCertificates": [
+    {
+      "url": "https://localhost:9200/.opendistro-ism*",
+      "ca": ["cypress/resources/root-ca.pem"],
+      "certs": [
+        {
+          "cert": "cypress/resources/kirk.pem",
+          "key": "cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem",
+          "passphrase": ""
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "url": "https://localhost:9200/.opendistro-ism-config/_update_by_query/",
+      "ca": ["cypress/resources/root-ca.pem"],
+      "certs": [
+        {
+          "cert": "cypress/resources/kirk.pem",
+          "key": "cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem",
+          "passphrase": ""
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+
 }
diff --git a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
index c8749e866..48834282b 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/plugins/security-analytics-dashboards-plugin/3_alerts.spec.js
@@ -398,11 +398,14 @@ describe('Alerts', () => {
       .should('have.length', 1);
 
     // Filter the table to show only "Acknowledged" alerts
-    cy.get('[data-text="Status"]').click({ force: true });
-    cy.get('[class="euiFilterSelect__items"]').within(() => {
-      cy.contains('Active').click({ force: true });
-      cy.contains('Acknowledged').click({ force: true });
-    });
+    cy.wait(2000);
+    cy.get('[data-text="Status"]').should('be.visible').click({ force: true });
+    cy.get('[class="euiFilterSelect__items"]')
+      .should('be.visible')
+      .within(() => {
+        cy.contains('Active').click({ force: true });
+        cy.contains('Acknowledged').click({ force: true });
+      });
 
     // Wait for filter to apply
     cy.wait(2000);
diff --git a/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem b/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd1728cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/resources/kirk-key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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+/AHmo368d4PSNRMMzLHw8Q==
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/cypress/resources/kirk.pem b/cypress/resources/kirk.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b89edfe18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/resources/kirk.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/cypress/resources/root-ca.pem b/cypress/resources/root-ca.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..854323e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/resources/root-ca.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/cypress/utils/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/commands.js b/cypress/utils/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/commands.js
index 287bca0b3..f6b65e692 100644
--- a/cypress/utils/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/utils/plugins/index-management-dashboards-plugin/commands.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('updateManagedIndexConfigStartTime', (index) => {
       'POST',
       `${Cypress.env('openSearchUrl')}/${
         IM_CONFIG_INDEX.OPENDISTRO_ISM_CONFIG
-      }/_update_by_query`,
+      }/_update_by_query/`,
       body
     );
   });