diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/_async_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/_async_dashboard.ts
index cc30a7a7e640fb..8851c83dea1ffa 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/_async_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dashboard/_async_dashboard.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     'timePicker',
   ]);
 
-  // Flakky: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/65949
-  describe.skip('sample data dashboard', function describeIndexTests() {
+  describe('sample data dashboard', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async () => {
       await PageObjects.common.sleep(5000);
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('home', '/tutorial_directory/sampleData', {
@@ -36,8 +35,11 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
       await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       await PageObjects.home.addSampleDataSet('flights');
-      const isInstalled = await PageObjects.home.isSampleDataSetInstalled('flights');
-      expect(isInstalled).to.be(true);
+      await retry.tryForTime(10000, async () => {
+        const isInstalled = await PageObjects.home.isSampleDataSetInstalled('flights');
+        expect(isInstalled).to.be(true);
+      });
+
       // add the range of the sample data so we can pick it in the quick pick list
       const SAMPLE_DATA_RANGE = `[
         {