diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/templates.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/templates.js
index cd7f5fb209ec..003fb21b09cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/templates.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/management/index_management/templates.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
     updateTemplate,
   } = registerHelpers({ supertest });
 
-  describe('index templates', () => {
+  // blocking es snapshot promotion: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/70532
+  describe.skip('index templates', () => {
     after(() => Promise.all([cleanUpEsResources()]));
 
     describe('get all', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/index_management/home_page.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/index_management/home_page.ts
index 90bc3603c161..b5b0197aad4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/index_management/home_page.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/index_management/home_page.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const log = getService('log');
   const browser = getService('browser');
 
-  describe('Home page', function () {
+  // blocking es snapshot promotion: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/70532
+  describe.skip('Home page', function () {
     before(async () => {
       await pageObjects.common.navigateToApp('indexManagement');
     });