diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/permissions/index.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/permissions/index.ts
index e777f241eaf85ce..af9f8a5f240d1fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/permissions/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/permissions/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export default function ({ loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  describe('permissions', function () {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/104042
+  describe.skip('permissions', function () {
     this.tags(['skipFirefox']);
 
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./full_ml_access'));