diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/error_rate/service_maps.spec.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/error_rate/service_maps.spec.ts
index 9a8caeef22b97..bae1d1b38099c 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/error_rate/service_maps.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/error_rate/service_maps.spec.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       after(() => synthtraceEsClient.clean());
 
-      describe('compare latency value between service inventory and service maps', () => {
+      // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/172772
+      describe.skip('compare latency value between service inventory and service maps', () => {
         before(async () => {
           [errorTransactionValues, errorRateMetricValues] = await Promise.all([
             getErrorRateValues('transaction'),