diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/stats/stats.js b/test/api_integration/apis/stats/stats.js
index a40427fea8b94..0972f0ebebf0c 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/stats/stats.js
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/stats/stats.js
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ const assertStatsAndMetrics = (body) => {
 
 export default function ({ getService }) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+
   describe('kibana stats api', () => {
+    before('make sure there are some saved objects', () => esArchiver.load('saved_objects/basic'));
+    after('cleanup saved objects changes', () => esArchiver.unload('saved_objects/basic'));
+
     describe('basic', () => {
       it('should return the stats without cluster_uuid with no query string params', () => {
         return supertest
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.js b/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.js
index 8b10f412fae27..d2d61705b763d 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.js
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/telemetry/telemetry_local.js
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ function flatKeys(source) {
 export default function ({ getService }) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   const es = getService('es');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
 
   describe('/api/telemetry/v2/clusters/_stats', () => {
+    before('make sure there are some saved objects', () => esArchiver.load('saved_objects/basic'));
+    after('cleanup saved objects changes', () => esArchiver.unload('saved_objects/basic'));
+
     before('create some telemetry-data tracked indices', async () => {
       return es.indices.create({ index: 'filebeat-telemetry_tests_logs' });
     });