diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/details.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/details.ts
index 546ee11fd4ea8..6a1c521cacd50 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/details.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/details.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
     return await createAlwaysFiringRule({
       name: `test-rule-${testRunUuid}`,
       schedule: {
-        interval: '1s',
+        interval: '3s',
       },
       actions: connectors.map((connector) => ({
         id: connector.id,
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         const rule = await createAlwaysFiringRule({
           name: `test-rule-${testRunUuid}`,
           schedule: {
-            interval: '1s',
+            interval: '3s',
           },
           notify_when: RuleNotifyWhen.THROTTLE,
           throttle: '2d',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/health_route.ts b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/health_route.ts
index 9a8e1cfa8d31b..8aba3d1624730 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/health_route.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/health_route.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const monitoredAggregatedStatsRefreshRate = 5000;
 
   describe('health', () => {
-    afterEach(async () => {
+    after(async () => {
       // clean up after each test
       return await request.delete('/api/sample_tasks').set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx').expect(200);
     });