diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
index 474b07ab82c58..47741c1ab8a0d 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
         await retry.waitFor('doc table to contain the right search result', async () => {
           const rowData = await PageObjects.discover.getDocTableField(1);
           log.debug(`The first timestamp value in doc table: ${rowData}`);
-          return rowData.contains('Sep 21, 2015 @ 11:59:22.316');
+          return rowData.includes('Sep 21, 2015 @ 11:59:22.316');
         });
       });