diff --git a/test/functional/apps/console/_misc_console_behavior.ts b/test/functional/apps/console/_misc_console_behavior.ts
index fc53b6b37fb51..4185a2198fa32 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/console/_misc_console_behavior.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/console/_misc_console_behavior.ts
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await PageObjects.console.openConsole();
     });
 
-    // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/193868
-    describe.skip('customizable font size', () => {
+    describe('customizable font size', () => {
       it('should allow the font size to be customized', async () => {
         await PageObjects.console.openConfig();
         await PageObjects.console.setFontSizeSetting(20);
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/console_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/console_page.ts
index 29b88787e7ec2..71a4d05aecdb0 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/console_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/console_page.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import { Key } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import { asyncForEach } from '@kbn/std';
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrService } from '../ftr_provider_context';
 
 export class ConsolePageObject extends FtrService {
@@ -368,10 +369,12 @@ export class ConsolePageObject extends FtrService {
   public async setFontSizeSetting(newSize: number) {
     // while the settings form opens/loads this may fail, so retry for a while
     await this.retry.try(async () => {
+      const newSizeString = String(newSize);
       const fontSizeInput = await this.testSubjects.find('setting-font-size-input');
       await fontSizeInput.clearValue({ withJS: true });
       await fontSizeInput.click();
-      await fontSizeInput.type(String(newSize));
+      await fontSizeInput.type(newSizeString);
+      expect(await fontSizeInput.getAttribute('value')).to.be(newSizeString);
     });
   }