diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
index 2bcc035beb7a9..37c0116396b1c 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/alerting/update.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export default function createUpdateTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       .then((response: SupertestResponse) => response.body);
   }
 
-  describe('update', () => {
+  // Failing ES promotion: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/71558
+  describe.skip('update', () => {
     const objectRemover = new ObjectRemover(supertest);
 
     after(() => objectRemover.removeAll());