diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/services/user_profiles/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/services/user_profiles/index.ts
index ab8a9d8cf7d5b..7808cf74b0112 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/services/user_profiles/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/services/user_profiles/index.ts
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ export class UserProfileService {
   private static buildRequiredPrivileges(owners: string[], security: SecurityPluginStart) {
     const privileges: string[] = [];
     for (const owner of owners) {
-      for (const operation of [Operations.updateCase.name, Operations.getCase.name]) {
-        privileges.push(security.authz.actions.cases.get(owner, operation));
-      }
+      privileges.push(security.authz.actions.cases.get(owner, Operations.getCase.name));
     }
 
     return privileges;
diff --git a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/cases/find_cases.ts b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/cases/find_cases.ts
index a8bfb21c253ca..34a77e1083c43 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/cases/find_cases.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/cases/find_cases.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { Cookie } from 'tough-cookie';
-import { User } from '@kbn/cases-plugin/common/types/domain';
 import { UserProfile } from '@kbn/security-plugin/common';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../common/ftr_provider_context';
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   loginUsers,
 } from '../../../../common/lib/api';
 import { secOnlySpacesAll, superUser } from '../../../../common/lib/authentication/users';
-import { getUserInfo } from '../../../../common/lib/authentication';
 import { createUsersAndRoles, deleteUsersAndRoles } from '../../../../common/lib/authentication';
 import { securitySolutionOnlyAllSpacesRole } from '../../../../common/lib/authentication/roles';
 
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
   const supertestWithoutAuth = getService('supertestWithoutAuth');
 
   describe('find_cases', () => {
-    const secOnlyInfo: User = getUserInfo(secOnlySpacesAll);
     let cookies: Cookie[];
     let suggestedSecUsers: UserProfile[];
     let superUserHeaders: { Cookie: string };
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
       suggestedSecUsers = await suggestUserProfiles({
         supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
         req: {
-          name: secOnlyInfo.username!,
+          name: 'all_spaces',
           owners: ['securitySolutionFixture'],
           size: 1,
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/internal/suggest_user_profiles.ts b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/internal/suggest_user_profiles.ts
index db3f529863f01..e8e7023c06937 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/internal/suggest_user_profiles.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/trial/internal/suggest_user_profiles.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       `);
     });
 
+    it('find a user who only has read privilege for cases', async () => {
+      const profiles = await suggestUserProfiles({
+        supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
+        req: {
+          name: 'read',
+          owners: ['securitySolutionFixture'],
+        },
+        auth: { user: superUser, space: 'space1' },
+      });
+
+      expectSnapshot(profiles.map(({ user, data }) => ({ user, data }))).toMatchInline(`
+        Array [
+          Object {
+            "data": Object {},
+            "user": Object {
+              "email": "sec_only_read@elastic.co",
+              "full_name": "sec only_read",
+              "username": "sec_only_read",
+            },
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
+    });
+
     it('does not find a user who does not have access to the default space', async () => {
       const profiles = await suggestUserProfiles({
         supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
@@ -85,6 +109,14 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       expect(profiles.filter(({ user }) => user.username === obsOnly.username)).to.be.empty();
       expectSnapshot(profiles.map(({ user, data }) => ({ user, data }))).toMatchInline(`
         Array [
+          Object {
+            "data": Object {},
+            "user": Object {
+              "email": "sec_only_read@elastic.co",
+              "full_name": "sec only_read",
+              "username": "sec_only_read",
+            },
+          },
           Object {
             "data": Object {},
             "user": Object {
@@ -105,19 +137,6 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       `);
     });
 
-    it('does not find a user who does not have update privileges to cases', async () => {
-      const profiles = await suggestUserProfiles({
-        supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
-        req: {
-          name: 'read',
-          owners: ['securitySolutionFixture'],
-        },
-        auth: { user: superUser, space: 'space1' },
-      });
-
-      expect(profiles).to.be.empty();
-    });
-
     it('fails with a 403 because the user making the request does not have the appropriate api kibana endpoint privileges', async () => {
       await suggestUserProfiles({
         supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
@@ -186,9 +205,9 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
           Object {
             "data": Object {},
             "user": Object {
-              "email": "sec_only_no_delete@elastic.co",
-              "full_name": "sec only_no_delete",
-              "username": "sec_only_no_delete",
+              "email": "sec_only_read@elastic.co",
+              "full_name": "sec only_read",
+              "username": "sec_only_read",
             },
           },
         ]
@@ -242,7 +261,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await deleteUsersAndRoles(getService, users, roles);
       });
 
-      it('finds 3 profiles when searching for the name sec when a user has both security and observability privileges', async () => {
+      it('finds 4 profiles when searching for the name sec when a user has both security and observability privileges', async () => {
         const profiles = await suggestUserProfiles({
           supertest: supertestWithoutAuth,
           req: {
@@ -254,6 +273,14 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
         expectSnapshot(profiles.map(({ user, data }) => ({ user, data }))).toMatchInline(`
           Array [
+            Object {
+              "data": Object {},
+              "user": Object {
+                "email": "sec_only_read@elastic.co",
+                "full_name": "sec only_read",
+                "username": "sec_only_read",
+              },
+            },
             Object {
               "data": Object {},
               "user": Object {