diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/pages.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/pages.ts
index e17454d0fa222..87fb9d03ca0c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/pages.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/pages.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const ml = getService('ml');
 
-  describe('page navigation', function () {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/142397
+  describe.skip('page navigation', function () {
     this.tags(['skipFirefox', 'ml']);
     before(async () => {
       await ml.api.cleanMlIndices();