diff --git a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/runner.ts b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/runner.ts
index a197d4579b13287..9224ec8bb50b72e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/runner.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/security_solution_cypress/runner.ts
@@ -12,17 +12,33 @@ import { withProcRunner } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from './ftr_provider_context';
 
 export async function SecuritySolutionCypressCliTestRunner({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  await SecuritySolutionCypressTestRunner('run', { getService });
-}
+  const log = getService('log');
+  const config = getService('config');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
 
-export async function SecuritySolutionCypressVisualTestRunner({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  await SecuritySolutionCypressTestRunner('open', { getService });
+  await esArchiver.load('empty_kibana');
+  await esArchiver.load('auditbeat');
+
+  await withProcRunner(log, async (procs) => {
+    await procs.run('cypress', {
+      cmd: 'yarn',
+      args: [`cypress:${argument}`],
+      cwd: resolve(__dirname, '../../plugins/security_solution'),
+      env: {
+        FORCE_COLOR: '1',
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+        CYPRESS_baseUrl: Url.format(config.get('servers.kibana')),
+        CYPRESS_ELASTICSEARCH_URL: Url.format(config.get('servers.elasticsearch')),
+        CYPRESS_ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME: config.get('servers.elasticsearch.username'),
+        CYPRESS_ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD: config.get('servers.elasticsearch.password'),
+        ...process.env,
+      },
+      wait: true,
+    });
+  });
 }
 
-export async function SecuritySolutionCypressTestRunner(
-  argument: string,
-  { getService }: FtrProviderContext
-) {
+export async function SecuritySolutionCypressVisualTestRunner({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const log = getService('log');
   const config = getService('config');
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');