diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_lifecycle_management/policies.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_lifecycle_management/policies.js
index 756fda7566843b..d59d364c388272 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_lifecycle_management/policies.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_lifecycle_management/policies.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
 
   const { addPolicyToIndex } = registerIndexHelpers({ supertest });
 
-  describe('policies', () => {
+  // failing ES promotion https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/103364
+  describe.skip('policies', () => {
     after(() => Promise.all([cleanUpEsResources(), cleanUpPolicies()]));
 
     describe('list', () => {